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Continence Across Continents to Upend Stigma and Dependency

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Quality of Life
Stigma
Falls, Accidental
Urinary 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
Inclusion Criteria
  • Women
  • 65 years and older
  • Urinary incontinence at least once weekly
Exclusion Criteria
  • 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
NameTimeMethod
Self-reported improvement in urinary incontinence1 year

Patient global impression of improvement questionnaire Sandvik severity index ICIQ-FLUTS

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Reduction in incontinence related stigma and quality of life1 year

Measured with the Incontinence Quality of Life questionnaire (IQOL)

Falls1 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

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