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Urinary IncontinenceNCT04608929

Kegel Exercise-focused Interventions in Elderly Women

A study testing Kegel exercise-focused interventions and Home visit and scale evaluations in people with Urinary Incontinence and Kegel Exercises, run by Akdeniz University at 1 site in Turkey (Türkiye).

Completed

Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

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Trial 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. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 65 years and older, women only
Conditions the study is for
Urinary Incontinence, Kegel Exercises, Nursing
What is being tested?
Kegel exercise-focused interventions and Home visit and scale evaluations
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
60 participants
Where
1 siteTurkey (Türkiye)
Study dates
21 Dec 2017to 28 Jun 2019
Phase
Interventional
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 65 years and older
  • Women only
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • 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.

Who cannot join

  • 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,

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

Turkey (Türkiye)1 site
  • Home Health Unit of Antalya Metropolitan Municipality

    Antalya, Muratpaşa, 07310

Other trials in Turkey (Türkiye)

About this study

Official title: The Effect of Kegel Exercise-focused Interventions on Urinary Incontinence in Elderly Women

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.

Being tested
Kegel exercise-focused interventions, Home visit and scale evaluations
Medical subject headings
Urinary Incontinence

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • Kegel exercise-focused interventionsBehavioural

    After the patients in the intervention group were interviewed on the telephone, the second home visit. During this visit, the patients were trained on Kegel exercises and they were administered the ICIQ-SF. Six weeks after the second visit, the third home visit was paid to determine whether the patients did the Kegel exercises and whether they did them accurately, to assess the perceived impact and to re-administer the ICIQ-SF. After the 2nd and 3rd visit, the patients were called once a week for 6 weeks to monitor if they kept up with doing the Kegel exercises as they were taught. Six weeks later, the 4th home visit were paid to the patients. During this visit, whether the patients did the Kegel exercises and whether they did them accurately was determined, the perceived impact was assessed and the ICIQ-SF was re-administered.

  • Home visit and scale evaluationsOther

    After the 1st visit, the patients included in the control group were called by phone and the 2nd home visit was planned. During the second home visit, the ICIQ-SF was administered to them. At the 3rd home visit paid 6 weeks after the 2nd visit, the ICIQ-SF was re-administered to the patients and the perceived impact assessment was performed. During the 4th home visit paid 6 weeks after the 3rd home visit, the ICIQ-SF was re-administered to the patients, assessment of the perceived impact was performed, and finally they were given training on Kegel exercises.

Study groups in NCT04608929
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
InterventionExperimentalThe arm where the Kegel exercise focused intervention is applied
Receives: Behavioral: Kegel exercise-focused interventions
ControlExperimentalThe arm where home follow-up and scale evaluations are made
Receives: Other: Home visit and scale evaluations

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Change in frequency of urinary incontinence after onset

    The International Consultation on Incontinence Questionnaire Short Form has the following four sub-dimensions: frequency of urinary incontinence, the amount of leakage, the impact of urinary incontinence on daily life, and causes of urinary incontinence. The first three sub-dimensions are included in scoring. The responses given to the fourth dimension, which is not included in the scoring process enable the health professional to determine the type of urinary incontinence based on the person's complaints. The minimum and maximum possible scores to be obtained from the scale are 0 and 21 respectively. While low scores indicate that urinary incontinence has little impact on the quality of life, high scores indicate that urinary incontinence has a great impact on the quality of life.

    Measured: 6. week

  2. Change in frequency of urinary incontinence after onset

    The International Consultation on Incontinence Questionnaire Short Form has the following four sub-dimensions: frequency of urinary incontinence, the amount of leakage, the impact of urinary incontinence on daily life, and causes of urinary incontinence. The first three sub-dimensions are included in scoring. The responses given to the fourth dimension, which is not included in the scoring process enable the health professional to determine the type of urinary incontinence based on the person's complaints. The minimum and maximum possible scores to be obtained from the scale are 0 and 21 respectively. While low scores indicate that urinary incontinence has little impact on the quality of life, high scores indicate that urinary incontinence has a great impact on the quality of life.

    Measured: 12. week

  3. Change in amount of urinary incontinence after onset

    The International Consultation on Incontinence Questionnaire Short Form has the following four sub-dimensions: frequency of urinary incontinence, the amount of leakage, the impact of urinary incontinence on daily life, and causes of urinary incontinence. The first three sub-dimensions are included in scoring. The responses given to the fourth dimension, which is not included in the scoring process enable the health professional to determine the type of urinary incontinence based on the person's complaints. The minimum and maximum possible scores to be obtained from the scale are 0 and 21 respectively. While low scores indicate that urinary incontinence has little impact on the quality of life, high scores indicate that urinary incontinence has a great impact on the quality of life.

    Measured: 6. week

  4. Change in amount of urinary incontinence after onset

    The International Consultation on Incontinence Questionnaire Short Form has the following four sub-dimensions: frequency of urinary incontinence, the amount of leakage, the impact of urinary incontinence on daily life, and causes of urinary incontinence. The first three sub-dimensions are included in scoring. The responses given to the fourth dimension, which is not included in the scoring process enable the health professional to determine the type of urinary incontinence based on the person's complaints. The minimum and maximum possible scores to be obtained from the scale are 0 and 21 respectively. While low scores indicate that urinary incontinence has little impact on the quality of life, high scores indicate that urinary incontinence has a great impact on the quality of life.

    Measured: 12. week

  5. Change in effects of urinary incontinence on daily life after onset

    The International Consultation on Incontinence Questionnaire Short Form has the following four sub-dimensions: frequency of urinary incontinence, the amount of leakage, the impact of urinary incontinence on daily life, and causes of urinary incontinence. The first three sub-dimensions are included in scoring. The responses given to the fourth dimension, which is not included in the scoring process enable the health professional to determine the type of urinary incontinence based on the person's complaints. The minimum and maximum possible scores to be obtained from the scale are 0 and 21 respectively. While low scores indicate that urinary incontinence has little impact on the quality of life, high scores indicate that urinary incontinence has a great impact on the quality of life.

    Measured: 6. week

  6. Change in effects of urinary incontinence on daily life after onset

    The International Consultation on Incontinence Questionnaire Short Form has the following four sub-dimensions: frequency of urinary incontinence, the amount of leakage, the impact of urinary incontinence on daily life, and causes of urinary incontinence. The first three sub-dimensions are included in scoring. The responses given to the fourth dimension, which is not included in the scoring process enable the health professional to determine the type of urinary incontinence based on the person's complaints. The minimum and maximum possible scores to be obtained from the scale are 0 and 21 respectively. While low scores indicate that urinary incontinence has little impact on the quality of life, high scores indicate that urinary incontinence has a great impact on the quality of life.

    Measured: 12. week

  7. Change in assessment of the perceived impact after onset

    Patient Information Form developed by the researchers based on the pertinent literature consists of 5 parts and 28 questions. The first part questions the patient's age, height, weight etc. The second part is on the patient's obstetric characteristics. The third part questions the patient's health history. The fourth part questions the patient's incontinence status. The fifth part is on the assessment of the perceived impact.

    Measured: 6. week

  8. Change in assessment of the perceived impact after onset

    Patient Information Form developed by the researchers based on the pertinent literature consists of 5 parts and 28 questions. The first part questions the patient's age, height, weight etc. The second part is on the patient's obstetric characteristics. The third part questions the patient's health history. The fourth part questions the patient's incontinence status. The fifth part is on the assessment of the perceived impact.

    Measured: 12. week

Secondary outcomes (4)
  1. Evaluation of the participants in terms of performing Kegel Exercises

    The Weekly Exercise Follow-up Form was developed by the researchers to assess the frequency of exercises in patients who were given Kegel exercise training. The Weekly Exercise Follow-up Form has a timetable consisting of 7 days of the week and 3 parts of the day (morning, noon and evening). The patients mark the timetable by placing an "X" on the blank corresponding to the time when they perform the exercise.

    Measured: 6. week

  2. Evaluation of the participants in terms of performing Kegel Exercises

    The Weekly Exercise Follow-up Form was developed by the researchers to assess the frequency of exercises in patients who were given Kegel exercise training. The Weekly Exercise Follow-up Form has a timetable consisting of 7 days of the week and 3 parts of the day (morning, noon and evening). The patients mark the timetable by placing an "X" on the blank corresponding to the time when they perform the exercise.

    Measured: 12. week

  3. Assesment of which cases do you leak urine?

    The International Consultation on Incontinence Questionnaire Short Form has the following four sub-dimensions: frequency of urinary incontinence, the amount of leakage, the impact of urinary incontinence on daily life, and causes of urinary incontinence. The first three sub-dimensions are included in scoring. The responses given to the fourth dimension, which is not included in the scoring process enable the health professional to determine the type of urinary incontinence based on the person's complaints. The minimum and maximum possible scores to be obtained from the scale are 0 and 21 respectively. While low scores indicate that urinary incontinence has little impact on the quality of life, high scores indicate that urinary incontinence has a great impact on the quality of life.

    Measured: 6. week

  4. Assesment of which cases do you leak urine?

    The International Consultation on Incontinence Questionnaire Short Form has the following four sub-dimensions: frequency of urinary incontinence, the amount of leakage, the impact of urinary incontinence on daily life, and causes of urinary incontinence. The first three sub-dimensions are included in scoring. The responses given to the fourth dimension, which is not included in the scoring process enable the health professional to determine the type of urinary incontinence based on the person's complaints. The minimum and maximum possible scores to be obtained from the scale are 0 and 21 respectively. While low scores indicate that urinary incontinence has little impact on the quality of life, high scores indicate that urinary incontinence has a great impact on the quality of life.

    Measured: 12. week

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted29 Oct 2020
  2. Study start21 Dec 2017
  3. Primary completion17 Mar 2019
  4. Study completion28 Jun 2019

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase N/A
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomised
Intervention model
Parallel groups
Masking
Single blind
Who is masked
Participant
Enrolment
60 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT04608929
Sponsor's protocol ID
Akdeniz Uni
Status last verified
Oct 2020
First submitted
21 Oct 2020
Last updated
29 Oct 2020
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A study testing Kegel exercise-focused interventions and Home visit and scale evaluations in people with Urinary Incontinence and Kegel Exercises, run by Akdeniz University at 1 site in Turkey (Türkiye).

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 7 inclusion and 6 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 29 Oct 2020. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in Turkey (Türkiye). Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

Are results available for this study?

The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Change in frequency of urinary incontinence after onset (time frame: 6. week). The study lists 8 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 29 Oct 2020.

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