Assessment of Pelvic Floor Function in Elderly

Urinary Incontinence Clinical Trial

Official title:

Assessment of Pelvic Floor Function in Women With Urinary Incontinence

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00765622
• Other study ID #: ucb123cestari
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: October 2, 2008
• Last updated: October 2, 2008
• Start date: April 2007
• Est. completion date: November 2007

Study information

• Verified date: August 2008
• Source: Catholic University of Brasília
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Brazil: Ethics Committee
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to demonstrate the importance of functional assessment of the pelvic floor (AFA) in older women, as prognostic factor for Urinary Incontinence (UI).

Description:

Incontinence elderly assessment

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 153
• Est. completion date: November 2007
• Est. primary completion date: November 2007
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Female
• Age group: 58 Years to 87 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Elderly women

• Urinary incontinence

Exclusion Criteria:

• Cesarean surgery

Study Design

Observational Model: Case-Crossover, Time Perspective: Cross-Sectional

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Urinary Incontinence

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Brazil	UC	Brasilia	Distrito Federal

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Catholic University of Brasília

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Brazil, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	All patients were submitted for review physiotherapeutic through palpation bidigital and quantification of contraction pelvic, was performed using a my feedback of pressure		Only one measure at the begging of the study	Yes