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Prevalence and Consequences of Urinary Incontinence in People with Chronic Pulmonary Diseases Referred for Pulmonary Rehabilitation

Completed
Conditions
Urinary Incontinence
Chronic Pulmonary Disease
Pulmonary Rehabilitation
Interventions
Other: Pulmonary rehabilitation
Registration Number
NCT04380558
Lead Sponsor
ADIR Association
Brief Summary

Urinary incontinence is a frequent chronic condition in general population. It is even more frequent in people with chronic respiratory disease due to several factors, including but not limited to frequent cough. Urinary incontinence may be more frequent during exercise so that it may contribute to the general deconditioning associated with chronic respiratory disease.

Although pulmonary rehabilitation is a cornerstone in the management of people with chronic respiratory disease to break this spiral of worsening dyspnea, little is known about the prevalence of urinary incontinence among those people referred for pulmonary rehabilitation nor about its impact on the effects of the program.

Detailed Description

Experimental design:

People referred for pulmonary rehabilitation in two centres will be offer to participate in the study. Those people who will agree to participate and give their formal consent will be asked to answer two questionnaires about urinary incontinence symptoms (see outcomes) to assess the prevalence and the type of these symptoms.

They will subsequently participate in their usual pulmonary rehabilitation program consisting in 90min sessions (including endurance training, muscle strengthening and self-management), 3x/week for 8weeks (centre 1) or 2x60min sessions (including the same components), 3x/week for 8weeks (centre 2).

The effects of the pulmonary rehabilitation program on usual clinical outcomes (according to each centre routine practice; tests may differ between centres) will be compared between those people with or without urinary incontinence symptoms.

As no prevalence data about urinary incontience was available at the time of study design, we planned to recruit the first 100 participants within the first year and to update the sample size calculation based on these preliminary data.

Among the 70 people actually included, 21 (30%) experienced urinary incontinence. Therefore, assuming a true prevalence of 30% in this population and a total width for the 95% confidence interval of 10%, we planned to recruit a total 341 participants.

The ethical approval to recruit this updated number of participants and to increase the duration of recruitment accordingly was obtained.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
341
Inclusion Criteria
  • Age > 18 ans ;
  • Referred for pulmonary rehabilitation ;

Non inclusion Criteria:

  • History of pathology or prostate surgery ;
  • Contra indication to pulmonary rehabilitation ;
Exclusion Criteria
  • Pregnant woman or likely to be ;
  • Patient under guardianship ;
  • Patient withdrawal ;
  • Did not complete at least 18 pulmonary rehabilitation sessions.

Study & Design

Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Study Design
Not specified
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Prospective observational cohortPulmonary rehabilitationEvery patient referred to pulmonary rehabilitation program will be eligible. They will will be asked to answer two questionnaires about urinary incontinence symptoms (see outcomes) to assess the prevalence and the type of these symptoms. They will subsequently participate in their usual pulmonary rehabilitation program consisting in 90min sessions (including endurance training, muscle strengthening and self-management), 3x/week for 8weeks (centre 1) or 2x60min sessions (including the same components), 3x/week for 8weeks (centre 2).
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Prevalence of urinary incontinence symptomsThe questionnaire will be administered at the end of the program (8weeks)

The prevalence of urinary incontinence symptoms will be assessed using the International Consultation on Incontinence Short Form

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Type of urinary incontinence symptomsThe questionnaire will be administered at the end of the program (8weeks)

The type of urinary incontinence symptoms will be assessed using the Urinary Symptom Profile questionnaire.

Exercise capacity - Six-minute walk test (meters)The test will be administered at the end of the program (8weeks)

The six-minute walk test will be performed before and after the completion of the pulmonary rehabilitation program. In addition, the proportion of people who improve for more than 25meters will be compared between those people with or without urinary incontinence symptoms.

Mood status - AnxietyThe questionnaire will be administered at the end of the program (8weeks)

Anxiety will be assessed using the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (ranging for 0 to 15, higher score indicates worst anxiety)

Mood status - DepressionThe questionnaire will be administered at the end of the program (8weeks)

Depression will be assessed using the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (ranging for 0 to 15, higher score indicates worst anxiety)

Quality of life - Saint Georges Respiratory Questionnaire (ranging from 0 to 100, higher score indicates worst quality of life)The questionnaire will be administered at the end of the program (8weeks)

The questionnaire will be administered before and after the completion of the pulmonary rehabilitation program. In addition, the proportion of people who improve for more than 4points will be compared between those people with or without urinary incontinence symptoms.

Exercise capacity - Six-minute stepper test (steps)The test will be administered at the end of the program (8weeks)

The six-minute stepper test will be performed before and after the completion of the pulmonary rehabilitation program. In addition, the proportion of people who improve for more than 20steps will be compared between those people with or without urinary incontinence symptoms.

Exercise capacity - Constant workload exercise testingThe test will be administered at the end of the program (8weeks)

The constant workload exercise testing will be performed before and after the completion of the pulmonary rehabilitation program. In addition, the proportion of people who improve for more than 101sec will be compared between those people with or without urinary incontinence symptoms.

Trial Locations

Locations (2)

ADIR Association

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Bois-Guillaume, France

Groupe Hospitalier du Havre

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Le Havre, France

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