Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms, Pelvic Pain, Urinary Bladder, Overactive
Conditions
Keywords
urgency, frequency, overactive bladder, LUTS, pelvic pain, electrostimulation
Brief summary
The aim of this study is to assess the effectiveness of medium frequency electrotherapy (interferential currents) treatment for overactive bladder (OAB), lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) and pelvic pain
Detailed description
This study consists of 100 women, complaining of increased bladder sensation and urgency with or without incontinence as principal symptomatology and who had not received previous pharmacological treatment. Group-A was used as a control group (n = 50). Group-B patients received 18 sessions of medium frequency electrotherapy during 9 weeks, 2 weekly sessions
Interventions
OTHERMedium frequency electrotherapy (interferential currents)
Treatment with medium frequency electrotherapy, interferential currents between 5500 Hz and 8500 Hz (Combi-200®, Gymna®), was performed using transvaginal application. The frequency was increased progressively over the first six sessions (twice a week), starting with a frequency of 5500 Hz until reaching a frequency of 8500 Hz, which remained until the end of treatment.
OTHERNo treatment
No treatment
Sponsors
Fisioterapia Pélvica Avanzada Madrid, SRL
Study design
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Masking description
Type inclusion was consecutively type
Intervention model description
Quasi-experimental, longitudinal, pre-/post-. Level of evidence II/III.
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
FEMALE
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
Increased bladder sensation Urgency Overactive bladder Lower urinary tract symptoms Pelvic pain
Exclusion criteria
Neurogenic bladder Acute urinary infection Pelvic floor surgery Congenital urological malformations Age less than 18 years Bladder organic pathology Pelvic radiotherapy
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| urgency | 24 hours | with or without urge incontinence, usually with frequency and nocturia, can be described as the overactive bladder syndrome, urge syndrome or urgency-frequency syndrome. Measured with 24 hour voiding diary. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| increased daytime frequency | 24 hours | is the complaint by the patient who considers that he/she voids too often by day. Measured with 24 hour voiding diary. |
| nocturia | 24 hours | is the complaint that the individual has to wake at night one or more times to void. Measured with 24 hour voiding diary. |
| increased bladder sensation | 24 hours | the individual feels an early and persistent desire to void. Measured with 24 hour voiding diary. |
| urge urinary incontinence | 24 hours | is the complaint of involuntary leakage accompanied by or immediately preceded by urgency. Measured with 24 hour voiding diary. |
| nocturnal enuresis | 24 hours | is the complaint of loss of urine occurring during sleep. Measured with 24 hour voiding diary. |
| incontinence | 24 hours | is the complaint of any involuntary leakage of urine. Measured with 24 hour voiding diary. |
| pelvic pain | 24 hours | is less well defined than, for example, bladder, urethral or perineal pain and is less clearly related to the micturition cycle or to bowel function and is not localised to any single pelvic organ. Measured with pain visual analogic pain scale single-item scale. |
| feeling of incomplete emptying | 24 hours | is a self-explanatory term for a feeling experienced by the individual after passing urine. Measured with 24 hour voiding diary. |
Outcome results
None listed