Comprehensive Nursing Care Protocol for Women With Pelvic Organ Prolapse and Urinary Incontinence: A Global Perspective (Nurse Protocol)

August 4, 2025 updated by: Delta University for Science and Technology
Pelvic organ prolapse is the descent of pelvic structures into the vagina due to ligament or muscular weakness. Pelvic organ prolapse (POP) is subcategorized according to the compartment of descent. Cystocele characterizes anterior wall herniation, rectocele refers to the posterior vaginal wall descent, and vaginal vault prolapse characterizes the descent of the uterus, cervix, or apex of the vagina. They can occur either singly or in combination

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

this study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of a comprehensive nursing care protocol provided for nurses who provide direct care for women with pelvic organ prolapse and urinary incontinence in gynecological in patients departments, Mansoura University Hospital, Mansoura University on their knowledge and practices as well as its impact on the women quality of life.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

60

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • Egypt
    • Al Dakahlia,
      • Mansoura, Al Dakahlia,, Egypt, 35931
        • Basma

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

  • Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • All available nurses assigned for bed side care in the previous study settings and fulfilled the following inclusion criteria:

    • Age 20≥ 60 years
    • Willing to participate in the study
    • Both sex

Exclusion Criteria:

  • nurses did not assign for bed side care in the previous study settings and not fulfill the inclusion criteria

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Health Services Research
  • Allocation: N/A
  • Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: a comprehensive nursing care protocol
a comprehensive nursing care protocol provided for nurses who provide direct care for women with pelvic organ prolapse and urinary incontinence on their knowledge and practices as well as its impact on the women quality of life
Other: a comprehensive nursing care protocol
a comprehensive nursing care protocol provided for nurses who provide direct care for women with pelvic organ prolapse and urinary incontinence on their knowledge and practices as well as its impact on the women quality of life

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Nurses knowledge structured interview
Time Frame: 3 months

two main parts.

Part I: Lifestyle interventions:

This part will be including items related to weight loss, reducing exacerbating activities (e.g. heavy lifting, coughing) and treating constipation, pelvic floor muscle exercises etc.)

Part II: pessaries intervention:

This part will be including items related to indication of pessaries use, pessary maintenance and follow-up, complications, various types of pessaries, etc.) The scoring system. This tool will be scored on 2 point Likert scale . The researcher will give (1) point for each correct answer and (0) point for each incorrect answer, or don't know.

Total knowledge score will be summed, transferred to percent and categorized as follows:

  • poor (<50% of the total score)
  • fair (50-≤80% of the total score)
  • good (≥80
3 months
Nurses Observational Practices Checklist
Time Frame: 3 months

This tool will be scored on 4 point Likert scale for each item as follows:

  • Done correctly and completely (3)
  • Done but incompletely (2).
  • Done incorrectly (1).

  • Not done (0). The total score for nurses' practices was classified as the following;

    • A score of more than 75% was considered "Satisfactory nursing practices".
    • A score of less than 75% was considered "Unsatisfactory nursing practices".
3 months

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Delta University for Science and Technology

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

October 10, 2024

Primary Completion (Actual)

August 2, 2025

Study Completion (Actual)

August 3, 2025

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

October 10, 2024

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

October 10, 2024

First Posted (Actual)

October 15, 2024

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

August 5, 2025

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

August 4, 2025

Last Verified

November 1, 2024

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • Women Pelvic Organ Prolapse

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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