Urinary incontinence (NLD: incontinentie voor urine).
Conditions
Interventions
All included women will be interviewed about their clinical history and asked to complete a three-day bladder diary and to fill in self-report questionnaires.
The additional assesments for the interv
Sponsors
University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG)
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: The source population consists of women aged 55 or older who are registered in the practices of 26 general practitiones in the northern part of The Netherlands. Patients are eligible for the study if the have symptoms of involuntary loss of urine, if they are able to fill in a questionnaire in Dutch and if they have given informed consent.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Patient will be excluded if they have urinary tract infections or overflow incontinence, are suffering from malignancies, are currently treated for urogynaecological conditions, have an indwelling catheter or are severely demented or in a poor physical condition.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The primary outcome measure is the reduction in the severity of involuntary loss of urine after 12 months according to the Incontinence Severity Index (ISI). | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Secondary outcomes are the combination of severity and impact, the number of incontinent episodes, the patient’s perception of improvement, the incontinence specific quality of life, the general health status and the costs of the incontinence. | — |
Contacts
Public ContactE. Visser
UMCG, huisartsgeneeskunde, sector F Postbus 196
Outcome results
None listed