Toilet Training and Adults With Learning Disabilities

Not Applicable

Recruiting

• Conditions: Urinary Incontinence
• Interventions: Device: Toilet alarm

• Registration Number: NCT05626062
• Lead Sponsor: Glasgow Caledonian University

Brief Summary

Incontinence is common in adults with learning disabilities (LDs). Behavioural toilet training in conjunction with toilet alarms is recommended for people with LDs, but there is a paucity of research, thus evidence-based practise, on behavioural toilet training for adults with LDs. The aim of this study is to assess the toileting needs and issues of 30 adults with LDs with incontinence, and determine whether a 12-week individualised positive behavioural support training intervention, with the use of toilet alarms, promotes continence.

Detailed Description

Adults with learning disabilities with incontinence are being invited to participate in a 12-week personalised, positive toilet training plan, following assessment of their toileting needs. Primary outcome measures will be: number of incidences of incontinence, and number of instances of successful voiding in a toilet. Toilet alarms will be used to encourage prompted voiding in a toilet.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2022-08-28
• Status Verified: 2022-11
• Study First Submitted: 2022-11-15
• Study First Submitted QC: 2022-11-15
• Last Update Submitted: 2022-11-15
• Study First Posted: 2022-11-23
• Last Update Posted: 2022-11-23
• Primary Completion: 2023-09-27
• Study Completion: 2023-11-27

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: RECRUITING
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 30

Inclusion Criteria

• Adults with learning disabilities with incontince across all levels of learning disabilities (mild to profound)

Exclusion Criteria

• Cannot sit on a toilet for up to 3 minutes

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Intervention group	Toilet alarm	30 adults with learning disabilities with incontinence will be offered a 12-week personalised toilet training plan, which promotes prompted voiding in a toilet

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Number of instances of incontinence	12 weeks	The intervention should promote less instances of incontinence
Number of instances of successful voiding in a toilet	12 weeks	The intervention should promote more instances of successful voiding in a toilet

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Glasgow Caledonian University; 🇬🇧 Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom