Continence Across Continents to Upend Stigma and Dependency
- Conditions
- Quality of LifeStigmaFalls, AccidentalUrinary Incontinence
- Registration Number
- NCT01858493
- Lead Sponsor
- Centre de Recherche de l'Institut Universitaire de Geriatrie de Montreal
- Brief Summary
To determine whether women exposed to the continence promotion intervention will report improved urinary symptoms and quality of life, and lower incontinence-related stigma and falls than women who receive a control intervention at one-year post-intervention.
- Detailed Description
This is a cluster-randomized 4-site intervention study testing the effect of a continence-promotion intervention on:
1. Improved urinary symptoms and quality of life
2. Reduction in falls
3. Reduction in stigma
A cost-effectiveness component will also be included
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- 910
- Women
- 65 years and older
- Urinary incontinence at least once weekly
- Living in residential or long-term care
- Received treatment for incontinence within the past year
- Dementia or other neurological conditions that preclude the ability to provide -Informed consent
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Self-reported improvement in urinary incontinence 1 year Patient global impression of improvement questionnaire Sandvik severity index ICIQ-FLUTS
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Reduction in incontinence related stigma and quality of life 1 year Measured with the Incontinence Quality of Life questionnaire (IQOL)
Falls 1 year Reduction in incontinence-related falls measured by fall diary
Trial Locations
- Locations (4)
University of Alberta
🇨🇦Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Institut universitaire de gériatrie de Montréal
🇨🇦Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Université de Poitiers
🇫🇷Poitiers, Poitou-Charentes, France
University of Brunel
🇬🇧Uxbridge, Middlesex, United Kingdom
University of Alberta🇨🇦Edmonton, Alberta, Canada