Age-stratified Outcome of Pelvic Floor Muscle Exercise for Urinary Incontinence

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

150 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2011-06-30

Study Completion Date

2011-11-30

Brief Summary

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In this retrospective study the outcome of pelvic floor muscle training in 150 women will be tested regarding patients reported satisfaction and achievement of the incontinence improvement.

Comparison of two age groups, controlled for BMI, parity and previous incontinence operations.

Detailed Description

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Pelvic floor muscle exercise is an established conservative treatment for female urinary incontinence. Up to now, the investigators don't know whether treatment outcome in elderly women is as good as in younger premenopausal women. The International Incontinence Society states 2009: "There is no good evidence to date to suggest that "healthy" older women with urinary incontinence do not benefit from pelvic floor muscle training as much as younger women".

In this retrospective study the investigators analyze patient charts from 2003-2008 regarding subjective patients and physiotherapists reported outcome after physiotherapy as well as for objective parameters like the need of an incontinence surgery in the follow-up of at least 2 years.

Eligibility criteria are age younger than 50 years (premenopausal) and age older than 65 years and a urodynamically proven urinary incontinence. As incontinence forms the investigators include in this study the following three form: stress urinary incontinence, mixed urinary incontinence and urgency urinary incontinence.

Conditions

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Stress Urinary Incontinence Urge Urinary Incontinence

Study Design

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Study Time Perspective

RETROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

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Incontinent women

No interventions assigned to this group

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* premenopausal women (\<50 years) with urodynamically proven urinary incontinence
* postmenopausal women (\>65 years) with urodynamically proven urinary incontinence
* 9 sessions of pelvic floor muscle exercise in a professional kinesiological setting inbetween 2003-2008
* follow up regarding need of incontinence operation up to June 2011

Exclusion Criteria

* women aged 50-65 years with urodynamically proven urinary incontinence
* stool incontinence

Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

99 Years

Eligible Sex

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Responsible Party

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Cornelia Betschart

Attending Urogynecology, MD

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Cornelia Betschart, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University Hospital of Zürich

Other Identifiers

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KEK-ZH2011/0299/0

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id