Age-stratified Outcome of Pelvic Floor Muscle Exercise for Urinary Incontinence

Sponsor

University of Zurich (Other)

Overall Status

Completed

CT.gov ID

NCT01445834

Collaborator

(none)

150

Enrollment

Duration (Months)

Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

In this retrospective study the outcome of pelvic floor muscle training in 150 women will be tested regarding patients reported satisfaction and achievement of the incontinence improvement.

Comparison of two age groups, controlled for BMI, parity and previous incontinence operations.

Condition or Disease	Intervention/Treatment	Phase
Stress Urinary Incontinence Urge Urinary Incontinence

Detailed Description

Pelvic floor muscle exercise is an established conservative treatment for female urinary incontinence. Up to now, the investigators don't know whether treatment outcome in elderly women is as good as in younger premenopausal women. The International Incontinence Society states 2009: "There is no good evidence to date to suggest that "healthy" older women with urinary incontinence do not benefit from pelvic floor muscle training as much as younger women".

In this retrospective study the investigators analyze patient charts from 2003-2008 regarding subjective patients and physiotherapists reported outcome after physiotherapy as well as for objective parameters like the need of an incontinence surgery in the follow-up of at least 2 years.

Eligibility criteria are age younger than 50 years (premenopausal) and age older than 65 years and a urodynamically proven urinary incontinence. As incontinence forms the investigators include in this study the following three form: stress urinary incontinence, mixed urinary incontinence and urgency urinary incontinence.

Study Design

Study Type:

Observational

Actual Enrollment :

150 participants

Time Perspective:

Retrospective

Official Title:

Retrospective Study About the Age-stratified Outcome of Pelvic Floor Muscle Exercise for Stress (SUI), Mixed (MUI) and Urgency Urinary Incontinence (UUI) 2003-2008

Study Start Date :

Jun 1, 2011

Actual Primary Completion Date :

Oct 1, 2011

Actual Study Completion Date :

Nov 1, 2011

Arms and Interventions

Arm	Intervention/Treatment
Incontinent women

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

Patients reported outcome regarding their urinary incontinence [2003-2009 (up to 6 years)]

Secondary Outcome Measures

Physiotherapists reported outcome after finishing the pelvic floor muscle training [2003-2008 (up to 5 years)]
need of incontinence surgery after conservative treatment in the follow up of at least 2 years [follow up of at least 2 years after physiotherapy that was performed between 2003-2008]

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study:

18 Years to 99 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study:

Female

Accepts Healthy Volunteers:

Inclusion Criteria:

premenopausal women (<50 years) with urodynamically proven urinary incontinence
postmenopausal women (>65 years) with urodynamically proven urinary incontinence
9 sessions of pelvic floor muscle exercise in a professional kinesiological setting inbetween 2003-2008
follow up regarding need of incontinence operation up to June 2011