The Importance of Electrical Stimulation as a Treatment for Urinary Incontinence in Patients Prostatectomy (UI)

Universidade Gama Filho

Status: Completed

Conditions: Urinary Incontinence

Treatments: Other: exercises MAPs; Other: electrostimulation with exercises MAPs

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02073721

260535

Details and patient eligibility

About

The use of electrical stimulation to reduce urinary incontinence in men undergoing prostatectomy exercises of the pelvic floor muscles (MAPs)

Full description

The study will be an experiment with active control, randomized, double-blind, parallel intervention. After met the eligibility criteria of the patients will be randomly allocated into two groups: Group exercises MAPs (GEX), which is the active control group and electrostimulation + exercises MAPs (GEEX).

Enrollment: 34 patients

Sex: Male

Ages: 50 to 80 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• patients with urinary sphincter deficiency resulting from a radical prostatectomy surgery
• sent by urologists the same hospital where the experiment will take place
• having the maximum time six months after surgery
• to use 2 to 5 disposable protective per day

Exclusion criteria

• Symptoms of urinary tract infection
• symptoms of lower urinary tract obstruction
• anal fistula
• metallic implant in the body
• transurethral resection of prostate
• radiation therapy
• non-enforcement of the proposed treatment.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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34 participants in 2 patient groups

electrostimulation with exercises MAPs

Experimental group

Description:

this group will make the electrostimulation with exercises of the pelvic floor muscles with a focus on strengthening the pelvic floor muscles.

Treatment:

Other: electrostimulation with exercises MAPs

exercises MAPs

Active Comparator group

Description:

This group will focus exercises of the pelvic floor muscles with strengthening the muscles of the pelvic floor

Treatment:

Other: exercises MAPs