A randomized clinical trial of urinary incontinence in older women: cost-effectiveness of protocolized assesment and evidence-based treatment.
Recruiting
- Conditions
- rinary incontinence (NLD: incontinentie voor urine).
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON26828
- Lead Sponsor
- niversity Medical Center Groningen (UMCG)
- Brief Summary
/A
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 246
Inclusion Criteria
The source population consists of women aged 55 or older who are registered in the practices of 26 general practitiones in the northern part of The Netherlands. Patients are eligible for the study if the have symptoms of involuntary loss of urine, if they are able to fill in a questionnaire in Dutch and if they have given informed consent.
Exclusion Criteria
Patient will be excluded if they have urinary tract infections or overflow incontinence, are suffering from malignancies, are currently treated for urogynaecological conditions, have an indwelling catheter or are severely demented or in a poor physical condition.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The primary outcome measure is the reduction in the severity of involuntary loss of urine after 12 months according to the Incontinence Severity Index (ISI).
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Secondary outcomes are the combination of severity and impact, the number of incontinent episodes, the patient’s perception of improvement, the incontinence specific quality of life, the general health status and the costs of the incontinence.