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

Study Overview
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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.

Official Title
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Retrospective Study About the Age-stratified Outcome of Pelvic Floor Muscle Exercise for Stress (SUI), Mixed (MUI) and Urgency Urinary Incontinence (UUI) 2003-2008

Conditions
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Urge Urinary Incontinence, Stress Urinary Incontinence

Participation Criteria
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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

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 18 Years
Maximum Age: 99 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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Female

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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No

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Incontinent women<br> | |

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Patients reported outcome regarding their urinary incontinence |  | 2003-2009 (up to 6 years) | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Physiotherapists reported outcome after finishing the pelvic floor muscle training |  | 2003-2008 (up to 5 years) | 
| need of incontinence surgery after conservative treatment in the follow up of at least 2 years |  | follow up of at least 2 years after physiotherapy that was performed between 2003-2008 | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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outcome of pelvic floor muscle physiotherapy, female, stress urinary incontinence, urgency urinary incontinence, mixed urinary incontinence