Assessment of Pelvic Floor Function in Elderly

Catholic University of Brasília

Status: Completed

Conditions: Urinary Incontinence

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00765622

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Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to demonstrate the importance of functional assessment of the pelvic floor (AFA) in older women, as prognostic factor for Urinary Incontinence (UI).

Full description

Incontinence elderly assessment

Enrollment: 153 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 58 to 87 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Elderly women
• Urinary incontinence

Exclusion criteria

• Cesarean surgery

Trial design

153 participants in 2 patient groups

G2

Description:

G2 = control group (no incontinence)

G1

Description:

G1 = urinary incontinence