Single-blind RCT Comparing Smartphone vs. Paper-based HEP in Pelvic Floor PT
- Conditions
- Pelvic Floor Muscle Weakness
- Interventions
- Behavioral: A smartphone based application free to download from the google play and iphone store to provide auditory and visual cues and counting for number of perscribed pelvic floor muscle contractionsBehavioral: Paper-based home exercise program for pelvic floor muscle exercise
- Registration Number
- NCT06162845
- Lead Sponsor
- University of Central Arkansas
- Brief Summary
The goal of this randomized clinical trial is to investigate the impact of a smartphone-based application on patient-reported outcomes for patients with pelvic floor muscle weakness, and the relationship of patient adherence to outcomes in pelvic floor physical therapy compared to the paper-based standard of care.
An additional aim is the exploration and development of two patient-reported questionnaires to enhance understanding of exercise adherence in outpatient pelvic floor physical therapy and smartphone application self-efficacy. These goals will serve to improve practice recommendations for home exercise prescriptions in this patient population.
Participants will be asked to complete 6 patient-reported outcome measures after they complete four, 60-minute long physical therapy treatment sessions conducted one time per week according to the current standard of care for pelvic floor physical therapy.
The experimental group will be given a free pelvic floor muscle exercise application while the control group will be provided with the paper-based standard of care for their home exercise program.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- 33
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18-85 years old
- Referred to outpatient pelvic floor physical therapy for treatment of pelvic floor weakness
- Generation 5 or later iPhone, Android, or Smart Device
- Must be willing to receive Push Notification reminders from the application
- Must have free space on device to download and install app
- Must have access to the Google Play store or to iOS Apple App Store
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● Not Meeting Inclusion Criteria
- Pelvic Organ Prolapse Surgery with complications
- Neurodegenerative Disease
- History of TBI or CVA with resulting impairment in long- or short-term memory
- Denervation injury to the pelvic floor
- Spinal cord injury
- Pelvic Pain Condition
- Incapable of Completing Outcomes Questionnaire without caregiver support
- Unable to speak and read English
- Current Pregnancy
- Less than 6 weeks postpartum
- Researcher judgement
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Experimental arm recieving free smartohone-based pelvic floor muscle exercise application A smartphone based application free to download from the google play and iphone store to provide auditory and visual cues and counting for number of perscribed pelvic floor muscle contractions Smartphone-based home exercise program for performing pelvic floor muscle exercises Control arm recieving paper-based home exercise program Paper-based home exercise program for pelvic floor muscle exercise Paper-based home exercise program for performing pelvic floor muscle exercises.
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Pelvic Floor Distress Inventory short-form 20 (PFDI-20) From date of randomization through study completion, an average of 3 months. Patient-reported health-related quality of life outcome measures that are widely used for assessment of pelvic floor dysfunction. The minimum score is 0, and the maximum score is 300. HIgher scores indicate higher levels of dysfunction and mean a worse outcome, lower levels indicate less dysfunction and a better outcome.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Advanced Physical Therapy
🇺🇸Little Rock, Arkansas, United States