Effect of Global Postural Correction Exercises on Stress Urinary Incontinence During Pregnancy: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Stress Urinary Incontinence Clinical Trial

Official title:

Effect of Global Postural Correction Exercises on Stress Urinary Incontinence During Pregnancy: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04253925
• Other study ID #: P.T.REC/012/00976
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: January 1, 2017
• Est. completion date: December 1, 2018

Study information

• Verified date: January 2020
• Source: Cairo University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Background: One of the many consequences of pregnancy that may negatively affect a woman's quality of life is stress urinary incontinence caused by activities of daily living especially those associated with increased intraabdominal pressure. Objective: This study aimed to investigate the effect of global postural correction exercises on stress urinary incontinence among pregnant women. Participants and Methods: Forty primigravida women (aged between 30-39 years), with a single fetus, diagnosed with stress urinary incontinence participated in the study. Participants were assigned randomly into two groups: Study group (group A; n=20) and control group (group B; n=20). The participants were tested twice, before and after a 12-week period, during which group A received global postural correction exercises in addition to Kegel exercises, while group B performed only Kegel exercises. A perineometer was used to evaluate the change in vaginal squeeze pressure both before and after conducting the study. Urogenital Distress Inventory Questionnaire (UDI-6) was used to assess changes in incontinence severity symptoms.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 40
• Est. completion date: December 1, 2018
• Est. primary completion date: January 2, 2018
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Female
• Age group: N/A and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Forty primigravida women with singleton fetus in their third trimester and diagnosed with pregnancy related SUI participated in this study.

All participants suffered from a mild to moderate grade of SUI identified by clinical grading (Ingelman-Sundberg) (Wlazlak et al., 2015) as follows: Grade I (mild), the leakage of urine occurs on straining; and grade II (moderate), the leakage occurs following abrupt movement

Exclusion Criteria:

• Females were excluded from the study if they had severe grade SUI; infections in their lower urinary tract; neurological conditions; gestational diabetes; and chronic chest diseases. Females who smoked, used any medications or medical/surgical interventions for SUI, or who suffered any other type of urinary incontinence were also excluded from the study

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Enuresis
• Stress Urinary Incontinence
• Urinary Incontinence
• Urinary Incontinence, Stress

Intervention

Other:
• Kegel exercises
global postural correction exercises

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Cairo University

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	strength of pelvic floor muscle		change from Baseline strength of pelvic floor muscle at 12-weeks
Secondary	Urogenital Distress Inventory Questionnaire		change from Baseline Urogenital Distress Inventory Questionnaire (UDI-6) at 12-weeks