Posture in Abdominopelvic Training in Women SUI (QoL SUI)

University of Valencia

Status: Completed

Conditions: Female Stress Incontinence

Treatments: Other: abdominopelvic exercise and posture; Other: abdominopelvic exercise

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03727945

H1410616852782,

Details and patient eligibility

About

Measure effect of postural correction in abdominopelvic exercises on the improvement of the quality of life in patients with SUI. 42 women aged between 46-75 with SUI and stress-predominant mixed urinary incontinence. There were randomly assigned two groups of different treatment.

Quality of life was measured by questionnaires: Incontinence Questionnaire Short Form (ICIQ-IU-SF) and King's Health Questionnaire (KHQ) global punctuation and incontinence impact. Treatment satisfaction was measured by VAS scale.

Full description

The aim of this study was compare the effect of postural correction in abdominopelvic exercises on the improvement of the quality of life in patients with stress urinary incontinence (SUI).

Was a randomized 2-treatment parallel design study. The sample consist in 42 women aged between 46-75 with stress urinary incontinence (SUI) and stress-predominant mixed urinary incontinence (IUM). They were randomly assigned to two groups: Group 1 (n=21) who received abdomino-pelvic training, and Group 2(n=21) who received the above treatment, guidelines about postural correction.

Both groups received 12 treatment sessions in first session information regarding clinical and demographical aspects will be collected.

To evaluate results of postural correction combined with abdominopelvic exercise women was assessed:at initial session, post- intervention and 3 months post-intervention treatment.Quality of life was measured by spanish validation questionnaires: International Continence Questionnaire Short Form (ICIQ-IU-SF) and King's Health Questionnaire (KHQ) global punctuation and incontinence impact. Treatment satisfaction was measured by Visual analogic scale (VAS).

Enrollment: 49 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 45 to 75 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• SUI or stress-predominant mixed UI
• diagnosed via clinical assessment and urodynamic study
• Estrogenic deficit.: perimenopause, menopause, postmenopause

Exclusion criteria

• grade 3-4 prolapse,
• functional alterations (Barthel Scale > 85 points),
• neurological or cognitive alterations (mini mental examination > 24 points)
• other predominant type of urinary incontinence.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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49 participants in 2 patient groups

abdominopelvic exercise and posture

Experimental group

Description:

N=21 received supervised physiotherapy abdominopelvic exercise previous postural correction.

Treatment:

Other: abdominopelvic exercise and posture

abdominopelvic exercise

Experimental group

Description:

N=21 received supervised physiotherapy abdominopelvic exercise.

Treatment:

Other: abdominopelvic exercise