Clinical trial NCT04762433: Kegel Exercise Pregnant Training mHealth App
Official title: Parallel-Group, Randomised Single-centred, Single-blind, Pilot and Feasibility Study for KEPT-app Trial: Study Protocol
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Pregnancy Related
Urinary Incontinence
Keywords: Pilot study
Feasibility study
Acceptability
mHealth app
Pelvic Floor Muscle Training
Lead sponsor: Universiti Putra Malaysia
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2021-02-21
Enrollment: 26
Sex: FEMALE
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 55
Standard ages: ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Intervention model description: This study will use a single-blind, single-centre, parallel, randomized controlled trial (RCT) design which will incorporate individualised treatment flexibility, as in a real-world setting, and provide a realistic estimation in future KEPT-app RCT study (Sidik et al., 2021).
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: This pilot feasibility study protocol is to assess the feasibility in the future definitive trial that is the Kegel Exercise Pregnancy Training app (KEPT-app) trial. The aim of this study as follows: (1) to evaluate the recruitment capability of the pregnant women, (2) to evaluate the acceptability of the KEPT-app, (3) to determine the implementation feasibility of using KEPT-app, and (4) to determine the preliminary effectiveness of KEPT-app to improve PFMT skills of pregnant women.

Detailed description: The aim of this pilot feasibility study as follows: (1) to evaluate the recruitment capability of the pregnant women, (2) to evaluate the acceptability of the KEPT-app, (3) to determine the implementation feasibility of using KEPT-app, and (4) to determine the preliminary effectiveness of KEPT-app to improve PFMT skills of pregnant women.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Pregnant women at 26-27 weeks of gestation, any parity with either stress UI or mixed UI will be included.
* Participants are Malaysian citizens who consist of Malay, Chinese, Indian, and native ethnicities.

Exclusion Criteria:

* pregnant women with a chronic medical problem(s) before pregnancy, complicated pregnancies or conditions which are not advisable to practise PFMT will be excluded.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Acceptability of the mHealth app intervention.
timeFrame: 2 months
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Validation of educational video
timeFrame: 1 month
measure: Kegel's exercise adherence
timeFrame: 1 month and 2 months
measure: Self-efficacy towards Kegel's Exercise
timeFrame: 1 month and 2 months
measure: Urinary incontinence
timeFrame: 1 month and 2 months
measure: Knowledge, Attitude and Practice Pelvic Floor Muscle Training
timeFrame: 1 month and 2 months
measure: Quality of Life of pregnant women
timeFrame: 1 month and 2 months
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Hulu Langat
country: Malaysia
facility: (Health Clinic Ampang) Ministry of Health
state: Selangor
Study officials:
affiliation: Universiti Putra Malaysia
name: Sherina Mohd Sidik, PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
References:
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citation: Mustafa N, Safii NS, Jaffar A, Sani NS, Mohamad MI, Abd Rahman AH, Mohd Sidik S. Malay Version of the mHealth App Usability Questionnaire (M-MAUQ): Translation, Adaptation, and Validation Study. JMIR Mhealth Uhealth. 2021 Feb 4;9(2):e24457. doi: 10.2196/24457.
citation: Jaffar A, Mohd Sidik S, Foo CN, Muhammad NA, Abdul Manaf R, Fadhilah Ismail SI, Suhaili N. Protocol of a Single-Blind Two-Arm (Waitlist Control) Parallel-Group Randomised Controlled Pilot Feasibility Study for mHealth App among Incontinent Pregnant Women. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Apr 30;18(9):4792. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18094792.
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