Pelvic Floor Muscle Evaluation in Women With Stress Urinary and Urgency Urinary Incontinence

Pelvic Floor Muscle Evaluation in Women With Stress Urinary and Urgency Urinary Incontinence. A Prospective Trial

Aims: To assess pelvic floor muscle (PFM) strength in women with stress urinary incontinence (SUI) and urgency urinary incontinence (UUI).

Methods: 51 women were prospectively divided into two groups, according to the symptoms as SUI (G1 = 22) or UUI (G2 = 29). Demographic data, such as number of Pads/ 24 hours, number of micturitions/ 24 hours and nocturia, delay time of urgent void (i.e., the time period for which an urgent void could be voluntarily postponed), number of parity and vaginal deliveries were obtained using a clinical questionnaire. Objective urine loss was evaluated by 60-min Pad Test. Subjective [urine stream interruption test (UST), visual survey of perineal contraction and transvaginal digital palpation] and objective (vaginal manometry) evaluations of PFM were performed in all patients.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Urinary Incontinence, Stress; Urge Incontinence

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Actual): 51

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Brazil
  • São Paulo
    • Botucatu, São Paulo, Brazil, 18618-970
      • São Paulo State University - Medical School of Botucatu

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years to 65 years (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: Female

• Sampling Method: Probability Sample

Study Population

The sample size was established considering a significance level of 5%, the test power of 80%, and the estimated error of 10%. According to these results and considering the range between percentages of answers as the casual error, each group was established with approximately 20 participants.

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• presence of stress urinary or urgency incontinence

Exclusion Criteria:

• neurological diseases
• previous pelvic surgeries
• diabetes
• cognitive difficulties
• vaginal and urinary infection

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Number of groups / cohorts

2

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort
Group 1; Patients with stress urinary incontinence
Group 2; Patients with urgency urinary incontinence.

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: UPECLIN HC FM Botucatu Unesp
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: João L. Amaro, PhD, MD, Universidade Estadual Paulista Julio de Mesquita Filho

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start: March 1, 1997
• Study Completion (Actual): December 1, 1998

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: July 8, 2011
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: July 11, 2011
• First Posted (Estimate): July 12, 2011

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Estimate): December 11, 2013
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: December 10, 2013
• Last Verified: March 1, 2011

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: pelvic floor evaluation,; women,; stress urinary incontinence;; urgency urinary incontinence.
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Behavioral Symptoms; Mental Disorders; Urologic Diseases; Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms; Urological Manifestations; Urination Disorders; Elimination Disorders; Urinary Incontinence; Enuresis; Urinary Incontinence, Stress; Urinary Incontinence, Urge
• Other Study ID Numbers: 2011 (sherin)