A Community Intervention Study of Female Pelvic Floor Condition and Knowledge of Pelvic Floor Exercises

University Hospital Plymouth NHS Trust

Status: Completed

Conditions: Behavioural

Treatments: Behavioral: Training

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01635894

WellBeing of Women (Other Grant/Funding Number)

1706

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aims of the study were to attempt to answer the following questions; what proportion of women know how to and are able to exercise their pelvic floor and for those who cannot can they be trained and motivated to do so. This was a nested design comprising a prospective cohort study together with a controlled trial intervention after baseline assessment in the cohort study for a defined at-risk group.

Enrollment: 240 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Able to give consent Aged above 18 years modified Oxford score, MOS, ≤ 2

Exclusion criteria

Unable to give consent

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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240 participants in 3 patient groups

nurse specialist

Experimental group

Description:

Women were screened for a "weak pelvic floor" (modified Oxford score, MOS, ≤ 2) before being invited into the trial. The women were seen monthly after their initial assessment and training and were followed-up for their final assessment at 3 months.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Training

practice nurse

Experimental group

Description:

Women were screened for a "weak pelvic floor" (modified Oxford score, MOS, ≤ 2) before being invited into the trial. The women were seen monthly after their initial assessment and training and were followed-up for their final assessment at 3 months.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Training

Control

No Intervention group

Description:

Women were screened for a "weak pelvic floor" (modified Oxford score, MOS, ≤ 2) before being invited into the trial. The women were seen monthly after their initial assessment (but no training given) and were followed-up for their final assessment at 3 months.