Impact of Physiotherapy on sexual function in women with Stress Urinary Incontinence (SUI)

Not Applicable

Completed

Conditions: Topic: Reproductive Health and Childbirth/Stress Urinary Incontinence
Urological and Genital Diseases

Registration Number: ISRCTN09586238

Lead Sponsor: Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (UK)

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Completed

Sex: Female

Target Recruitment: 114

Inclusion Criteria

1. Women aged 18-60 years must have given written (personally signed and dated) informed consent
2. Women who are able to understand, and are willing to comply with the requirements of the protocol
3. Women who are sexually active and are between the age of 18yrs and with urinary incontinence attending physiotherapy for pelvic floor muscle training (PFMT)
4. Women who score either greater than 25% on the urinary domain of the sexual function dimension, and/or greater than 33% for the degree of bother for the same symptom

Exclusion Criteria

1. Women with a prolapse as their predominant problem
2. Women who have had any previous incontinence surgery
3. Women who have a Grade 3 or above muscle strength as measured using the modified Oxford Scale on vaginal examination
4. Women with vaginal discharge or UTI
5. Women fitted with an implanted pacemaker
6. Women who are pregnant
7. Women with undiagnosed pelvic pain
8. Women with a known sensitivity to the electrodes or the electrode gel
9. Women with inflammation or infection of the vulva and vagina
10. Women who have experienced recent haemorrhage or haematoma
11. Women with atrophic vaginitis
12. Any other medical condition or abnormality (e.g. Malignancy or complication) that in the opinion of the investigator would impact upon the safety or efficacy of the study treatment or any study assessments
13. The patient is enrolled in another interventional trial
14. Non-English speaking women or with a specific language problem