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Pelvic Floor Muscle Training Programme in Pregnant Nepalese Women- a Feasibility Study

NCT03349736 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 253

Last updated 2019-05-14

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

To our knowledge, no studies in Nepal have reported the feasibility of performing the pelvic floor muscle training in Nepalese women. The aim of the study is to develop and a pelvic floor muscle training programme based on information, education (leaflet, video) and pelvic floor muscles (PFM) exercise in order to prevent or reduce Pelvic organ prolapse(POP) and Urinary Incontinence (UI) in pregnant Nepalese women.

The women will receive information (leaflet, video, posters) and guidance on PFMT. Following this, the women are advised to perform daily home PFM exercise Women will record their home PFMT using an exercise diary.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Pelvic Floor Muscle Training

All the women will receive information and instruction/guidance exercise individually and in groups on PFMT on the first day of their visit. Following this, the women are advised to perform daily PFMT at home which includes 10 sec hold X 10 times X 3 sets. Women will record their home PFMT using an exercise diary. During the follow-up, women will attend the PFMT in a group or individual led by a Physiotherapists (to motivate and to ensure women are performing the PFMT correctly). Exercise diary will be collected in every follow up so that the information is retained even if the women discontinued or deviate from intervention protocols.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Oslo

    collaborator OTHER

  • Kathmandu University School of Medical Sciences

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Britt Stuge, PhD · Oslo University Hospital

  • Rajendra Koju, MD · Kathmandu University School of Medical Sciences

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-06-25
Primary Completion
2018-03-30
Completion
2018-04-30

Countries

  • Nepal

Study Locations

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Diseases

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