Quality-of-life in stroke patients with incontinence
- Conditions
- R32Unspecified urinary incontinence
- Registration Number
- DRKS00020796
- Lead Sponsor
- physio train consult
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Pending
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 200
Inclusion Criteria
Persons who suffer from a chronic apoplexy and as a result suffer from urinary and/or fecal incontinence.
They should be cognitively able to fill in the questionnaire or relatives should be able to respond to the interview with the questionnaire.
They can be adults of both sexes (and diverse) and of any age.
Exclusion Criteria
Apoplexy, less than six months. Age: persons younger than 18 years of age. Persons who have a legal guardian. Considerable severity of apoplexy. Considerable cognitive impairment. Existing incontinence before the stroke that has not changed due to the apoplexy.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Quality of life is measured by the SF-12 self-assessment questionnaire, time window 4 weeks.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The Stroke Impact Scale (SIS) Version 3.0 is used to determine the severity of the apoplexy.<br>The degree of incontinence is recorded on the German Pelvic Floor Questionnaire (by Dr. Baessler).<br>Survey of social support is recorded by questionnaire for social support (F-SozU K14)<br>Sociodemographic questionnaire.