Bladder training with or without PTNS(Posterior Tibial Nerve Stimulation) in the treatment of Overactive Bladder
Completed
- Conditions
- urge incontinence10004994
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON32999
- Lead Sponsor
- Afstudeeronderzoek Evidence Based Medicine UvA
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 60
Inclusion Criteria
All patients diagnosed with OAB syndrome will be included.
Criteria for diagnosis are as follow:
* Urgency and frequency: more than 8 voids per 24 hours and the sudden urge to void can hardly be suppressed.
* Urge incontinence: urgency leading to urinary leakage occurring at least three times weekly
* willingness to fill up a daily bladder diary.
* age > 18yrs
Exclusion Criteria
* Symptoms existing for less than 6 months
* Pregnancy.
* Active urinary tract or recurrent urinary tract infection
* Severe cardiopulmonary disease
* Diabetes with peripheral nerve involvement
* Neurological disorders
* flowmetrie < 15mm/sec
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>* The primary outcome is the percentage of patients with a 70% improvement<br /><br>in the ICIQ-Sf total score.</p><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>* Secondary outcomes to be measured:<br /><br>* Micturition frequency at 6-12 wks/ daytime/nightime<br /><br>* Reduction in UUI (Urge Urinary Incontinence) episodes/pwk</p><br>