Efficacy of the Use of Vaginal Balls for the Improvement of Urinary Incontinence and Sexual Function in Women.

NCT ID: NCT05732844

Last Updated: 2023-02-17

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

64 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2022-10-05

Study Completion Date

2023-01-27

Brief Summary

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Asess if adding vaginal spheres treatment to the conventional Pelvic Floor Muscle Trainning (PFMT) produces a greater decrease in the severity of the stress urinary incontinence or a greater perceived quality of life related to incontinence.

Detailed Description

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The intervention group will perform the pelvic floor muscle trainning (PFMT) plus the use of vaginal spheres, while the control group will perform the PFMT treatment only, daily at home. The study will be conducted on women with stress urinary incontinence. The intervention will last four months and will consist of a monthly session with the physiotherapist, doing a total of 4 sessions and the final assessment.

Conditions

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Urinary Incontinence Stress Urinary Incontinence Sexual Dysfunction

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Intervention group with Enna pelvic ball

This group will receive instructions on how to carry out PFMT daily at home, and indications for the placement of Enna pelvic ball vaginal spheres daily.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Intervention group with Enna pelvic ball

Intervention Type DEVICE

The home guideline for placement of the vaginal spheres will be as described in next:

st-2nd week 15 minutes, 1 time a day nd-4th week 30 minutes, 1 time a day 4th-8th week 1 hour, 1 time a day 8th-12th week 2 hours, 1 time a day 12th-16th week 3 hours, 1 time a day

Control group

This group will receive instructions on how to carry out PFMT daily at home.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Control group

Intervention Type OTHER

According to the PERFECT score, a daily home guideline for the performance of PFMT will be requested three times a day, two types of exercises (endurance and strength), and eight repetitions of each.

Interventions

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Intervention group with Enna pelvic ball

The home guideline for placement of the vaginal spheres will be as described in next:

st-2nd week 15 minutes, 1 time a day nd-4th week 30 minutes, 1 time a day 4th-8th week 1 hour, 1 time a day 8th-12th week 2 hours, 1 time a day 12th-16th week 3 hours, 1 time a day

Intervention Type DEVICE

Control group

According to the PERFECT score, a daily home guideline for the performance of PFMT will be requested three times a day, two types of exercises (endurance and strength), and eight repetitions of each.

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Women aged 18 or over
* Suffer from stress urinary incontinence or mixed urinary incontinence.
* Understand Spanish to be able to self-complete the questionnaires (validated in Spanish).

Exclusion Criteria

* Not giving informed consent.
* Women with faecal incontinence.
* Women with grade III-IV prolapse.
* Women with pathology that can affect the neuro-muscular response.
* Women with incontinence that is not of functional origin.
* Women who have perineal pain that makes it impossible to apply the spheres.
* Women with an open vagina of more than 2.5 cm opening
* Being pregnant.
* Not being committed to complying with a minimum of 80% of the treatment.
* Having previously started other pelvic physiotherapy treatments
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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RAPbarcelona

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Inés Ramírez-García

Director

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

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RAPbarcelona SL

Barcelona, , Spain

Site Status

Countries

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Spain

References

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Oblasser C, Christie J, McCourt C. Vaginal cones or balls to improve pelvic floor muscle performance and urinary continence in women post partum: A quantitative systematic review. Midwifery. 2015 Nov;31(11):1017-25. doi: 10.1016/j.midw.2015.08.011. Epub 2015 Sep 9.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 26428191 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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LAIA_bolas

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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