Clinical trial NCT04608929: Kegel Exercise-focused Interventions in Elderly Women
Official title: The Effect of Kegel Exercise-focused Interventions on Urinary Incontinence in Elderly Women
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Urinary Incontinence
Kegel Exercises
Nursing
Lead sponsor: Akdeniz University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2020-10-29
Enrollment: 60
Sex: FEMALE
Minimum age (years): 65
Standard ages: OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: Purpose: This study was conducted to investigate the effects of Kegel exercises-focused intervention undergone by elderly women diagnosed with urinary incontinence on their incontinence, quality of life and perceived impact level.

Design: The study has a single-blind randomized controlled experimental research design.

Methods: The study was carried out between December 2017 and March 2019 with 60 elderly women registered at the Home Health Unit of a Metropolitan Municipality in Turkey. The women were assigned to the intervention (n=30) and control (n=30) groups. The participants in the intervention group were paid home visits to provide them with individual training and counseling on Kegel exercises. Whether the participants did the exercises was followed up by weekly phone calls. The frequency of urinary incontinence, the amount of urine leaking and the quality of life of the participants and their complaints about incontinence were assessed with the International Consultation on Incontinence Questionnaire Short Form and questions on the assessment of the perceived impact at the onset of the study (0th week), and at home visits paid at the 6th and 12th weeks after the intervention.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Over the age of 65,
* Being women,
* Diagnosed with UI,
* Being literate,
* Being able to communicate in Turkish,
* Standardized Mini Mental Test result was \> 24,
* Agree to participate in research.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Who had received training on incontinence and Kegel exercises in the last 1 year,
* Had symptoms of urinary tract infection were identified,
* Being treated for UI,
* Having health problems affecting the muscle and nervous system,
* Being not able to perform daily life activities,
* Having pelvic organ prolapse,

Primary outcomes:
measure: Change in frequency of urinary incontinence after onset
timeFrame: 6. week
measure: Change in frequency of urinary incontinence after onset
timeFrame: 12. week
measure: Change in amount of urinary incontinence after onset
timeFrame: 6. week
measure: Change in amount of urinary incontinence after onset
timeFrame: 12. week
measure: Change in effects of urinary incontinence on daily life after onset
timeFrame: 6. week
measure: Change in effects of urinary incontinence on daily life after onset
timeFrame: 12. week
measure: Change in assessment of the perceived impact after onset
timeFrame: 6. week
measure: Change in assessment of the perceived impact after onset
timeFrame: 12. week
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Evaluation of the participants in terms of performing Kegel Exercises
timeFrame: 6. week
measure: Evaluation of the participants in terms of performing Kegel Exercises
timeFrame: 12. week
measure: Assesment of which cases do you leak urine?
timeFrame: 6. week
measure: Assesment of which cases do you leak urine?
timeFrame: 12. week
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Antalya
country: Turkey
facility: Home Health Unit of Antalya Metropolitan Municipality
state: Muratpaşa
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