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Effect of Diaphragmatic Training on Urgency Urinary Incontinence in Postmenopausal Women

NCT06521008 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 60

Last updated 2024-07-25

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Summary

The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of diaphragmatic training on urgency urinary incontinence in postmenopausal women.

Conditions

Interventions

DRUG

anti muscarinic drugs

a selective anti muscarinic drugs (5-10mg) once per day for 12 weeks.

OTHER

Instructions including bladder training

The program teaches women skills and strategies to prevent incontinence, including bladder irritants like caffeine and discussing bowel habits to prevent constipation. It also teaches them how to respond adaptively to urgency, such as pause, sit down, relax, and contract pelvic muscles to diminish urgency and prevent urine loss. Once urgency subsides, they can proceed to the toilet at a normal pace. The program emphasizes the importance of educating patients about bladder irritants and bowel habits.

OTHER

pelvic floor muscle training (PFMT)

The training program teaches bladder control through contracting the striated skeletal pelvic floor muscles (PFM). The women are instructed to empty their bladder, lie in a lithotomy position, and tighten their pelvic floor muscles. The duration of contraction and repetitions is gradually increased, totaling 20-30 minutes. The program is 3 sessions per week under supervision for 12 weeks, and each woman is instructed to perform exercises at home until they can do 300 contractions per day.

OTHER

abdominal exercise

Women will engage in transverse abdominis exercises, focusing on drawing the lower abdominal wall towards the spine and pressing the lumbar region downward, repeated for 15 minutes per session, three times per week.

OTHER

Diaphragmatic Training

The therapist will instruct each woman to lie on her back with knees bent, place one hand on her upper chest and the other on her belly. They will breathe in slowly, tighten abdominal muscles, and exhale through pursed lips. Expiration should be relaxed and lightly controlled, and not forceful. Expiration should not be prolonged, and the woman should not initiate inspiration with accessory muscles or upper chest. The session will be repeated 3-4 times, lasting 5-10 minutes, and repeated three times per week for 12 weeks.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Cairo University

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
55 Years
Max Age
65 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2023-07-01
Primary Completion
2023-12-01
Completion
2024-06-01

Countries

  • Egypt

Study Locations

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