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Examining Bladder Control Using Mindful Based Approach

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Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU)

Status

Completed

Conditions

Urinary Urgency Incontinence

Treatments

Other: Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Course

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT01843543
OHSU_9405

Details and patient eligibility

About

Urgency Incontinence (where the bladder muscles contract suddenly, causing an immediate urge to urinate that is difficult to prevent) is commonly experienced in patients with overactive bladder. New findings have discovered that urgency incontinence may be connected to the interactions of certain regions of the brain and the bladder. Although this is a common problem, researched still do not know how these interactions impact the process of urgency incontinence. Furthermore, there is preliminary data to suggest that interventions such as Mindful-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) can potentially be used as therapy for UI. The purpose of this study is to determine the impact MBSR training on UI symptoms, quality of life, and anxiety measures.

Full description

Urgency Incontinence (where the bladder muscles contract suddenly, causing an immediate urge to urinate that is difficult to prevent) is commonly experienced in patients with overactive bladder. New findings have discovered that urgency incontinence may be connected to the interactions of certain regions of the brain and the bladder. Although this is a common problem, researched still do not know how these interactions impact the process of urgency incontinence. Furthermore, there is preliminary data to suggest that interventions such as Mindful-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) can potentially be used as therapy for UI. The purpose of this study is to determine the impact MBSR training on UI symptoms, quality of life, and anxiety measures.

To determine the impact of MBSR training on Urinary Incontinence(UI) symptoms, quality of life and anxiety measures in women affected with UI. We hypothesize that participants will have significant improvement in UI and anxiety related symptoms and quality of life measures.

Enrollment

12 patients

Sex

Female

Ages

40 to 85 years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

  • Female participants with urinary urgency incontinence
  • 40-85 years of age without a history of incontinence surgery
  • current overactive bladder symptoms including urgency and urgency incontinence daily for the previous three months
  • willing and able to complete all study related measures

Exclusion criteria

  • medical contraindications for MRI scanning
  • past or present overt neurological disease
  • history of pelvic irradiation or bladder cancer
  • current urinary tract infection
  • current pelvic pain or painful bladder disorder
  • symptomatic pelvic organ prolapse
  • anticholinergic medication use within 2 weeks of baseline assessments
  • past nonpharmacologic treatment for UI
  • history of structured mindfulness based course or therapy

Trial design

Primary purpose

Treatment

Allocation

Randomized

Interventional model

Parallel Assignment

Masking

None (Open label)

12 participants in 2 patient groups

MBSR participants
Experimental group
Description:
Subjects in this arm will participate in an 8 week Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Course
Treatment:
Other: Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Course
No MBSR Participants
No Intervention group
Description:
Subjects in this arm will not participate in the Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Course.

Trial contacts and locations

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