Pelvic Floor Rehabilitation Study (Beckenboden-Rehabilitationsstudie - BREST)

Medical University of Vienna

Status: Completed

Conditions: Postpartum Urinary Incontinence

Treatments: Behavioral: Standard care; Procedure: Pelvic floor muscle training; Device: Vaginal pessary

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06031870

2018-13832

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study compares the effectiveness of standard care, pelvic floor muscle training or vaginal pessary for the treatment of postpartum urinary incontinence.

Enrollment: 52 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• 18 years or older
• gave birth within the 12 weeks prior to the postpartum visit
• postpartum urinary incontinence
• able to understand and give consent in German

Exclusion criteria

• treatment for postpartum urinary incontinence that started prior to inclusion
• any neurologic disease that impairs bladder function

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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52 participants in 3 patient groups

Standard care

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Standard care

Pelvic floor muscle training

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Procedure: Pelvic floor muscle training

Vaginal pessary

Experimental group

Treatment:

Device: Vaginal pessary