Comparing the Effectiveness of Kegel Exercises and Paula Method on the Severity of Stress Urinary Incontinence in Aged Women in Virtual Training: A Parallel Randomized Clinical Trial
- Conditions
- Stress urinary incontinence.Stress incontinence (female)N39.3
- Registration Number
- IRCT20210219050410N1
- Lead Sponsor
- Shahroud University of Medical Sciences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- 114
All 60-year-old and above female cases referred to health centers
Women with moderate to severe stress urinary incontinence based on ICIQ-UISF questionnaire
Women with MMSE scores above 12 for cognitive abilities
Women with urine leakage at least one gram/hour in the pad test
Women treated with other similar exercises over the last year
Women under medications with side-effect on bladder function
Women diagnosed cases of oregonomegaly
Women with a previous history of surgery for urinary incontinence
Women with a history of pelvic radiation therapy during the last 5 years
Women with uterine prolapse or cyctocel, grade 3 or above
Women with a history of pelvic surgery
Women with cardiac, respiratory or motor disorders
Women with a history of hysterectomy
Women with urinary tract infections or urinary stones
Women with chronic constipation
Women with some neurological diseases such as multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's, brain tumor, stroke, and spinal cord injury
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The amount of Bladder neck descent. Timepoint: Before the intervention and one week after the intervention in the Kegel group (ninth week) and one week after the intervention in the Paula and control groups (13th week). Method of measurement: Sonography.;The amount of pressure in which urine leakage occurs. (VLPP). Timepoint: Before the intervention and one week after the intervention in the Kegel group (ninth week) and one week after the intervention in the Paula and control groups (13th week). Method of measurement: Sonography.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Pad weight. Timepoint: Before the intervention and one week after the intervention in the Kegel group (ninth week) and one week after the intervention in the Paula and control groups (13th week). Method of measurement: Notebook Digital scale machine.;Stress urinary incontinence score in ICIQ-UI SF questionnaire. Timepoint: Before the intervention and one week after the intervention in the Kegel group (ninth week) and one week after the intervention in the Paula and control groups (13th week). Method of measurement: ICIQ-UI SF Questionnaire.