The Effects of Pelvic Floor Muscle Training in Women With Overactive Bladdder

Ataturk Training and Research Hospital

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Overactive Bladder

Treatments: Other: Exercise; Other: Control

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04950556

2021/06/27

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of our study is to investigate the effects of pelvic floor muscle training (PFMT) on pelvic floor muscle strength, sexual functions, bladder symptoms and quality of life in women with overactive bladder (OAB).

Full description

Overactive bladder (OAB) is defined by the International Continence Association as an "urgency with or without urge urinary incontinence, often accompanied by frequency and nocturia." Accordingly, pelvic floor muscle training (PFMT) plays an important role in the management of OAB. However, a recent systematic review suggests that PFMT is insufficient against OAB.

Enrollment: 40 estimated patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Having a diagnosis of overactive bladder
• Being volunteer

Exclusion criteria

• have a neurological disorder
• only those with stress urinary incontinence
• presence of advanced pelvic organ prolapse (stage 3-4)
• Having a mental problem that will prevent cooperation in evaluation and / or applications
• Women with the presence of malignant condition

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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40 participants in 2 patient groups

Exercise group

Experimental group

Description:

Fast and slow contractions will be taught in PFMT. For fast contractions, they will be asked to contract and relax the pelvic floor muscles quickly. For slow contractions, they will be asked to contract the pelvic floor muscles slowly, keep them at maximum contraction and relax slowly. Ten slow contractions in addition to 10 fast contractions will be considered as 1 set of exercises. For the first week, they will be asked to do 5 sets of exercises per day, every day. Then, the number of sets will be increased by 5 each week and the number of sets will reach 30 in the 6th week. PFMT will be applied by the patients as a home program every day of the week for 6 weeks.

Treatment:

Other: Exercise

Control group

Other group

Description:

Waiting list will included in control group.

Treatment:

Other: Control