The Effects of Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation in Individuals With Urinary Incontinence After Prostatectomy
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Urinary Incontinence
- Sponsor
- Ankara Yildirim Beyazıt University
- Enrollment
- 50
- Primary Endpoint
- Urinary incontinence severity
- Last Updated
- 4 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
The aim of this study is to investigate the effects of neuromuscular electric stimulation on urinary symptoms, quality of life, sexual function, perception of improvement and patient satisfaction in individuals with post-prostatectomy urinary incontinence
Detailed Description
One of the two most common complications after prostatectomy surgeries is urinary incontinence (UI) and the other is erectile dysfunction. There are conservative and surgical treatment options in post-prostatectomy urinary incontinence. One of the conservative treatment options is neuromuscular electrical stimulation application. Since electrical stimulation applications, used in the treatment of post-prostatectomy urinary incontinence, are usually given together with other treatment protocols, there are limitations in clearly demonstrating the effects of neuromuscular electrical stimulation on post-prostatectomy urinary incontinence.
Investigators
seyda toprak celenay
associate professor
Ankara Yildirim Beyazıt University
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •Being a male individual with stress or stress-dominant mixed urinary incontinence symptoms after undergoing prostatectomy surgery in the urology clinic
- •Being over 40 years old
- •Volunteering to participate in the study
Exclusion Criteria
- •Severe cardiovascular disease (unstable angina and arrhythmia patients, heart failure patients ect.)
- •Those with sensory loss
- •Presence of ongoing urinary infection
- •Only urgency urinary incontinence
- •Having a pacemaker
- •Active cancer treatment (radiotherapy, chemotherapy),
- •Those who have undergone Transurethral Prostatectomy (TUR-P) surgery
- •Those who have a problem that interferes with cooperation and understanding
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Urinary incontinence severity
Time Frame: change from baseline at 4 weeks
Urinary incontinence severity will be assess with a 1-hour pad test. This amount; less than 2 grams is considered normal, 2-10 grams is mild, 10-50 grams is moderate, and 50 grams is severe stress urinary incontinence.
Secondary Outcomes
- Sexual function(change from baseline at 4 weeks)
- Patient satisfaction(after treatment (4th week))
- Presence of urinary incontinence symptoms(change from baseline at 4 weeks)
- Life quality(change from baseline at 4 weeks)
- Patients' subjective perception of improvement(after treatment (4th week))