Conservative treatment in female urinary incontinence: physiotherapy and bladder retraining comparative study
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- urinary incontinenceC12.777.934.852
- Registration Number
- RBR-8ssqsw
- Lead Sponsor
- universidade federal do rio grande do sul
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruitment completed
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- Not specified
Inclusion Criteria
Women over 18 years-old with stress urinary incontinence in the absence of genital prolapse greater than 2
Exclusion Criteria
Cognitive impairment; pregnancy or postpartum period until 6 months after birth; women on medications like antidepressants or diuretics of early start or changing dosage at the recruitment phase; other types of urinary incontinence; genital prolapse; urethral esfincter deficiency with leakage point below sixty centimeters of water
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Intervention
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Estimated better result of 42% on quality-of-life scores (Kings Health Questionnaire) between biofeedback and bladder training groups; non-parametric variable that had been analysed with wilcoxon test, showing better results in various domains favoring bladder training group comparing to beiofeedback;Estimated better result of 42% on symtoms score (International Consultation on Incontinence - Short Form) between biofeedback and bladder training groups; both groups got better results in the and but there was not statistical difference between groups, compared through ANOVA for repeated measures;Estimated better result of 42% on sexual function (Sexual Function Quocient) score between biofeedback and bladder training groups; there was not statistical difference inside and between groups, compared through ANOVA for repeated measures
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Evaluation of pelvic pressure before an after treatment in the two groups (perineometry); time for reaching maximun muscle contraction was better in biofeedback group at the end of the study (ANOVA);Correlation between subjective and objective perineal contractile function (digital examination and pressure perineometry); there was no corretation between strengh gain and perineometric variables, considering time for reaching maximum contraction and median muscle pressure (sperman);Adherence to treatment with number of completed exams in the physiotherapy group; final adherence was 59%