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Comparison of Pelvic Floor Therapy and Yoga on Stres Urinary Incontinence Incontinence

Comparison of Group-based Pelvic Floor Physical Therapy and Therapeutic Yoga for Postnatal Stress Urinary Incontinence

Status
UNKNOWN
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT05253898
Enrollment
32
Registered
2022-02-24
Start date
2022-01-18
Completion date
2022-08-15
Last updated
2022-03-11

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Urinary Incontinence, Urinary Tract Disorders

Keywords

Urinary incontinence, Postnatal, Yoga, Pelvic floor muscle, Rehabilitation, Quality of life

Brief summary

The aim of this study is to compare the effectiveness of pelvic floor physical therapy (PFT) and therapeutic yoga training (TYT) for women who have postnatal stress urinary incontinence (SUI).

Detailed description

32 subjects with postnatal stress urinary incontinence will be included in the study after a voluntary consent form will be filled out. Subjects will randomly be divided into two groups according to the order. Pelvic floor physical therapy (PFT) (n=16) will be Group 1, and therapeutic yoga training (TYT) (n=16) will be the Group 2. PFT group will be received sessions twice a week and a special home exercise program once a week for 8 weeks. Each session will include warm-up exercises, pelvic floor muscle contractions in different positions, and abdominal breathing techniques. Each session is planned for 45 minutes. TYT group will be received sessions twice a week and a special home exercise program once a week for 8 weeks. Each session will include warm-up exercises, different asanas, and yogi breathing exercises. each session is planned for 45 minutes.

Interventions

Purpose of pelvic floor muscle education program is reduce the symptoms of stress urinary incontinence and improving quality of life.

PROCEDURETherapeutic Yoga Training

Purpose of this group show the effectiveness of yoga therapy on stress urinary incontinence and quality of life.

Sponsors

Hasan Kalyoncu University
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE (Subject)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
FEMALE
Age
18 Years to 50 Years
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* Women ages between 18 and 50 years old, * Women who have SUI 45 days and above after giving birth * Patients who accept to join the group sessions and will participate regularly in the treatment program

Exclusion criteria

* Women who have pelvic organ prolapsus and fecal incontinence * Women who have undergone surgery for the lower urinary system * Those who receive medication treatment for incontinence in the last 3 months * Those with acute infection and bladder stones or tumors will not be included in the study.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
İncontinence Questionary at 8 weeksChange from Baseline in incontinence questionary at 8 weeksİncontinence Questionary-3 (3IQ) is a simple questionnaire to categorize the type of urinary incontinence. First question evaluates the existence of incontinence in the past 3 months. Second and third questions are directed to familiarity and the existence of the types of incontinence. The 3IQ is a quick test to evaluate the types of urinary incontinence with high sensitivity especially for stress urinary incontinence.
Incontinence Severity IndexChange from Baseline in Incontinence Severity Index at 8 weeksIncontinence Severity Index (ISI) is a tool for assessing the severity of female urinary incontinence. ISI is consists of 2 questions to establish frequency and amount of leakage. The results categorize the severity into 4 as; slight, moderate, severe, and very severe.
Incontinence Quality of LifeChange from Baseline in Incontinence Quality of Life at 8 weeksIncontinence Quality of Life (I-QoL) is used for assessing the decrease of quality of life depending on urinary incontinence symptoms. I-QoL consists of 22 questions and results with 4 domains. I-QoL has identified the 3 factors; avoidance and limiting behavior (8 items), psychosocial impacts (9 items), and social embarrassment (5 items).
Global Perception of ImprovementChange from Baseline in Global Perception of Improvement at 8 weeksGlobal Perception of Improvement (GPI) is used for showing the individual improvement of healing depending patient's perspective. GPI is rated to the satisfaction of advancement depending on the treatment for patients. Patients rated themselves as much better, better, about the same, worse, and much worse.
Pelvic Floor Muscle Strength assessing with PERFECTChange from Baseline in PERFECT degrees at 8 weeksPERFECT is used to assess pelvic floor muscle power, endurance, maximal repetitions, and the number of fast contractions by using internal digital palpation. (P) symbolizes the power and this value is identified with modified oxford Scale during max. volunteer contraction. (E) symbolizes the endurance and it's identified by how much time will continue the max. volunteer contraction. (R) symbolizes the repetitions and it's identified with the number of maximum volunteer contractions, between each contraction, must be 4 s resting time. (F) symbolizes the fast and it's identified the number of fast contractions. (ECT) symbolizes every contraction time which means recording all numbers and times during evaluation.
1 hour Pad TestChange from Baseline in Pad Test at 8 weeksPad test is an objective way to scale the amount of incontinence in a specific time and the same conditions. The test begins with drinking 500ml water and 30 minutes sitting, then equal repetitions of jumping, walking, coughing, bending down, and washing hands-on running water for each patient.
State-Trait Anxiety InventoryChange from Baseline in State-Trait Anxiety Inventory at 8 weeksState-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) form consist of 2 different tool. STAI-I examines the current anxiety level, and STAI-II examines the aspects of anxiety proneness general states of calmness and confidence. STAI-I consist of 20 questions about how person feel during the test. STAI-II consist of 20 questions about continues anxiety level.
Bladder DiaryChange from Baseline in Bladder Diary at 8 weeksBladder diary is used to asses lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS).

Countries

Turkey (Türkiye)

Contacts

Primary ContactAysenur Tuncer, PT, PhD
aysenur.tuncer@hku.edu.tr+90-342 2118080
Backup ContactNergiz Sayin, PT
nergizsyn@gmail.com

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026