Pelvic Floor Disorder Education in Prenatal Care

Pelvic Floor Disorders Clinical Trial

Official title:

Pelvic Floor Disorder Education in the Prenatal Period, a Randomized Controlled Trial

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05127512
• Other study ID #: STUDY-20-03435
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: October 25, 2021
• Est. completion date: May 9, 2022

Study information

• Verified date: May 2022
• Source: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Pelvic floor disorders (PFDs) are common conditions that can have significant impacts on patients' quality of life and psychosocial well-being. It is well known that patients who have experienced pregnancy and childbirth are at risk of developing these conditions, either during pregnancy, postpartum, or later in life. However, many women are unaware of this predisposing risk factor. Additionally, overall knowledge of these conditions is low in both the general and obstetrics population.

Video education has been used in various fields with success in improving patient knowledge of specific topics and conditions. To the researchers' knowledge, no studies have evaluated this modality for educating obstetrics patients on PFDs. The aim of this study is to determine whether the use of an educational video will improve knowledge of PFDs compared to routine prenatal counseling, using a validated knowledge questionnaire.

Description:

Once verbal consent is obtained, participants will be randomly assigned in a 1:1 ratio to the intervention (video education) or control group (routine prenatal visit only). Group assignments will be performed using computer-generated randomization. All participants will complete a paper questionnaire including basic demographic information, prior history of pelvic floor disorders, and current PFD symptoms. Participants assigned to the routine prenatal visit only will be instructed to complete the Prolapse and Incontinence Knowledge Questionnaire (PIKQ). The PIKQ is a validated 24-item questionnaire designed to assess knowledge of PFDs, including two 12-item subscales on urinary incontinence (PIKQ-UI) and prolapse (PIKQ-POP).

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 94
• Est. completion date: May 9, 2022
• Est. primary completion date: May 9, 2022
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Female
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Women 18 years or older in their third trimester of pregnancy (37 weeks of gestation or greater)

• English-speaking

Exclusion Criteria:

• Non-English-speaking patients

• Gestational age < 37 weeks

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Disease
• Pelvic Floor Disorders

Intervention

Other:
• Education Video
A 6.47-minute education video was created by the research group based on American Urogynecology Society (AUGS) and International Urogynecologic Association (IUGA) patient education pamphlets. Participants in the intervention group will be asked to watch this video after completing a baseline knowledge questionnaire of pelvic floor disorders.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai	New York	New York

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

References & Publications (5)

Geoffrion R, Robert M, Ross S, van Heerden D, Neustaedter G, Tang S, Milne J. Evaluating patient learning after an educational program for women with incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse. Int Urogynecol J Pelvic Floor Dysfunct. 2009 Oct;20(10):1243-52. doi: 10.1007/s00192-009-0919-5. Epub 2009 Jun 11. — View Citation

Howell EA. Lack of patient preparation for the postpartum period and patients' satisfaction with their obstetric clinicians. Obstet Gynecol. 2010 Feb;115(2 Pt 1):284-289. doi: 10.1097/AOG.0b013e3181c8b39b. — View Citation

Hyakutake MT, Han V, Cundiff GW, Baerg L, Koenig NA, Lee T, Geoffrion R. Pelvic Floor Health Education: Can a Workshop Enhance Patient Counseling During Pregnancy? Female Pelvic Med Reconstr Surg. 2016 Sep-Oct;22(5):336-9. doi: 10.1097/SPV.0000000000000285. — View Citation

Liu J, Tan SQ, Han HC. Knowledge of pelvic floor disorder in pregnancy. Int Urogynecol J. 2019 Jun;30(6):991-1001. doi: 10.1007/s00192-019-03891-3. Epub 2019 Feb 19. — View Citation

Wu JM, Matthews CA, Conover MM, Pate V, Jonsson Funk M. Lifetime risk of stress urinary incontinence or pelvic organ prolapse surgery. Obstet Gynecol. 2014 Jun;123(6):1201-1206. doi: 10.1097/AOG.0000000000000286. — View Citation

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Change in Prolapse and Incontinence Knowledge Questionnaire	The questionnaire is divided into two separate 12-item subscales on urinary incontinence (PIKQ-UI) and prolapse (PIKQ-POP). Subscales from 0 to 12. Total scale from 0-24. A higher score indicates higher proficiency.	Baseline, 1 day ( the time of enrollment) and at 6-8 weeks