Efficacy of physiotherapy in post-prostatectomy urinary incontinence
Completed
- Conditions
- Post-prostatectomy urinary incontinenceSurgery
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN48761809
- Lead Sponsor
- niversity of Vigo
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Male
- Target Recruitment
- 134
Inclusion Criteria
1. Male patients intervened with radical prostatectomy
2. Incontinence (any loss of urine)
3. Erectile dysfunction, defined as a score under 21 in the International Index of Erectile Function (IIEF-5)
4. Over 18 years old
Exclusion Criteria
1. Patients with neurological pathology (advanced Parkinson's, multiple sclerosis and disease with deterioration of cognitive or sensitive capacities or that course with muscle weakness)
2. Patients with serious disease processes such cancer, severe epoc, severe pulmonary hypertension
3. Patients with a pacemaker
4. Patients taking muscle relaxing medication
5. Patients with incotinence or erectile dysfunction with a score under 7 in the questionnaire IIEF-5 previous to the intervention
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method oss of urine, measured using the 24 h Pad test and 1 h Pad test, at baseline, 1 month, 2 months, 3 months (end of treatment), 6 months and 12 months
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1. Quality of life and incontinence, measured using the ICIQ-SF questionnaire at baseline, 1 month, 2 months, 3 months (end of treatment), 6 months and 12 months<br>2. Erectile dysfunction, measured using the International Index of Erectile Function (IIEF-5) at baseline, 1 month, 2 months, 3 months (end of treatment), 6 months and 12 months<br>3. Life habits, measured using a urinary diary at baseline, 1 month, 2 months, 3 months (end of treatment), 6 months and 12 months