Exercise and Pelvic Floor Health Education Program Effectiveness

• Conditions: Urinary Incontinence; Pelvic Floor Disorders; Exercise Addiction
• Interventions: Other: exercise

• Registration Number: NCT05410899
• Lead Sponsor: Harran University

Brief Summary

The aim of the study is investigation of the effectiveness of Pelvic Floor Health Education and exercise program in women with Urinary Incontinence. Women diagnosed with both stress and mixed type urinary incontinence were included the study. Pelvic Floor Health Education and exercise program were applied to women for 12 weeks.

Detailed Description

3 group were created; the first group will applied Pelvic floor health education composed presentation about women health,urinary incontinence, teaching anatomy of the pelvic floor and bladder training ,second group will applied both pelvic floor health education and exercise of pelvic floor muscles for 12 weeks and third group will be control group.Women with urinary incontinence were included the study are continued 12 weeks . First evaluation is done before education and exercise program, and second evaluation in 6.week and last evaluation after 12 weeks exercise and education program.

Study Timeline

• Status Verified: 2022-06
• Study Start: 2022-06-04
• Study First Submitted: 2022-06-06
• Study First Submitted QC: 2022-06-06
• Last Update Submitted: 2022-06-07
• Study First Posted: 2022-06-08
• Last Update Posted: 2022-06-10
• Primary Completion: 2022-09-26
• Study Completion: 2022-09-30

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 96

Inclusion Criteria

1. The ages between 18-65 with urinary incontinence
2. Volunteer women who can regularly apply the Pelvic floor muscle exercise program

Exclusion Criteria

1. Having pelvic organ prolapse (Stage≥2),
2. Women who are in the neonatal and postnatal period (up to 3 months after birth),
3. Situations that will prevent evaluation or communication (cognitive problems, etc.).
4. Having a neurological disorder,having urinary tract infection,
5. Those who received urinary incontinence treatment or had an operation, • Women who have received training on the pelvic floor before

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Control	exercise	This goup will continue routine treatment such as medication usage
Pelvic Floor Health Education and Exercise Program	exercise	pelvic floor health education and exercise of pelvic floor muscles for 12 weeks
Pelvic Floor Health Education	exercise	Education will compose presentation about women health, urinary incontinence, teaching anatomy of the pelvic floor and bladder training

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Incontinence severity	3 month	urinary incontinence severity changes frequency of incontinence, using Sandvik severity scale quantity of incontinence, type and time of incontinence, also using voiding diary for three days composed of fluid intake time, voiding time, urinary incontinence time and amount

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Life style	3 month	women with urinary incontinence decrease quality of life,using visual analog scale (VAS) isolation from their environment, trouble with family

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Harran University Hospital; 🇹🇷 Şanlıurfa, Turkey/Şanlıurfa, Turkey