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Conservative treatment in female urinary incontinence: physiotherapy and bladder retraining comparative study

Not Applicable
Conditions
urinary incontinence
C12.777.934.852
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
NameTimeMethod
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
NameTimeMethod
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%
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