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A Community Intervention Study of Female Pelvic Floor Condition and Knowledge of Pelvic Floor Exercises

NCT01635894 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 240

Last updated 2015-11-05

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The aims of the study were to attempt to answer the following questions; what proportion of women know how to and are able to exercise their pelvic floor and for those who cannot can they be trained and motivated to do so. This was a nested design comprising a prospective cohort study together with a controlled trial intervention after baseline assessment in the cohort study for a defined at-risk group.

Conditions

  • Behavioural

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Training

Women in both the practice nurse and specialist nurse groups were given supervised pelvic floor exercise training. After the initial training they were given a daily exercise regimen and seen at monthly intervals for three months. The practice nurses had attended a study day on supervising Pelvic Floor Muscle Training(PFMT)followed by practice sessions with patients overseen by the nurse specialist.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University Hospital Plymouth NHS Trust

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Robert Freeman, MD · University Hospital Plymouth NHS Trust

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2002-04-30
Primary Completion
2005-11-30
Completion
2005-11-30

Countries

  • United Kingdom

Study Locations

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