Movement-Based Pelvic Health Education for Women in Underserved Communities

Pelvic Pain Clinical Trial

— PHEd  

Official title:

Pelvic Health Education for Women in Underserved Communities

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Active, not recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05569694
• Other study ID #: Kendrick PH
• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: January 25, 2022
• Est. completion date: December 31, 2024

Study information

• Verified date: July 2023
• Source: Arkansas Colleges of Health Education
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

It is essential to provide the community with evidenced-based care to optimize healthcare outcomes; more specifically, women in underserved communities undergoing health disparities in rehabilitation. To address this issue, a movement-based pelvic health education course was developed to assess women's knowledge and adherence of the exercises in an underserved region in Western Arkansas.The purpose of this research was to determine the effectiveness of a single movement-based pelvic health education session on general pelvic health knowledge, underactive pelvic floor, and overactive pelvic floor knowledge and adherence to performing pelvic exercises in women.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Enrollment: 38
• Est. completion date: December 31, 2024
• Est. primary completion date: December 31, 2022
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Female
• Age group: 18 Years to 100 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• 18 years of age or older
• female-identifying
• ability to speak English or provide own translator
• ability to complete the questionnaires
• clearance from physician if pregnant
• access to internet Exclusion Criteria: -Experiencing pelvic pain and/or pregnant and does not have physician clearance to participate

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Muscle Weakness
• Pelvic Floor Muscle Weakness
• Pelvic Pain

Intervention

Other:
• Movement-based pelvic health education
A single virtual education session led by a physical therapist trained in pelvic health. The virtual course was approximately one hour and included movement-based education through various positions, exercises, and movements with explanations for each pose as it relates to pelvic health.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Arkansas Colleges of Health Education	Fort Smith	Arkansas

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Arkansas Colleges of Health Education

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Knowledge Acquisition	Participants complete a questionnaire pre, post, and one-month following the intervention. The questionnaire includes true/false questions: 10 general knowledge, 10 underactive pelvic floor, 10 overactive pelvic floor. The more correct answers the participant submits, the higher the score. Answer options: True, False, I don't know.	1 month
Secondary	Exercise Adherence	Participants complete a questionnaire pre-session and one-month following the intervention. The questionnaire included questions related to the number of times per week the participant implemented pelvic floor movements and options were: Never less than once a week about once a week 2 or 3 times a week at least once a day twice on most days twice each day	1 month