The effects of parasacral nerve electrotherapy combined with behavioral changes and bladder retraining on the quality of life of women with overactive bladder: a randomized controlled clinical trial

The effects of adding Transcutaneous Electrical Stimulation of the Parasacral Nerve to Behavioral Therapy and Bladder Training on the Quality of Life of women with Overactive Bladder: a randomized controlled clinical trial

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

REBEC

Registry ID

RBR-339tjg8

Enrollment

Registered

2025-11-18

Start date

2026-06-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-06-01

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Conditions

Urinary Incontinence Urge Urinary Bladder, Overactive

Interventions

This is a two-arm, double-blind, randomized controlled clinical trial. The experimental group consisted of 31 women who received behavioral therapy and bladder training combined with Transcutaneous Pa

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

Female

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Women over 18 years of age, with complaints of overactive bladder with Urgency Urinary Incontinence; who obtain a score greater than or equal to 8 in the Overactive Bladder Validated 8 (OAB-V8) questionnaire, who have had sexual intercourse

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Not knowing how to read and not being able to answer the questionnaires; presenting symptoms of urinary tract infection on the day of the assessment; not having undergone corrective surgery for urinary incontinence; not having undergone previous pelvic radiotherapy; having neurological disease; not undergoing pharmacological and physiotherapeutic treatment for overactive bladder; presenting only Stress Urinary Incontinence (SUI), having symptoms of overactive bladder but not losing urine; grade 3 anterior and posterior wall prolapse

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Assess Overactive Bladder Symptoms using the Overactive Bladder – Validated 8 (OAB-V8) questionnaire and expect a reduction in the score to be less than 8 points	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
To assess the Quality of Life in Women who Leak Urine using the King’s Health Questionnaire (KHK), where a reduction of 5 points is expected in the questionnaire;Evaluate Urinary Habits (Urinary Frequency, Episodes of Urinary Loss and Urinary Urgency) and all these variables will be evaluated by the urinary diary and a reduction in urinary frequency is expected to be between 6 to 8 times a day and no episodes of urine loss and no urinary urgency	—

Measure

Time frame

To assess the Quality of Life in Women who Leak Urine using the King’s Health Questionnaire (KHK), where a reduction of 5 points is expected in the questionnaire;Evaluate Urinary Habits (Urinary Frequency, Episodes of Urinary Loss and Urinary Urgency) and all these variables will be evaluated by the urinary diary and a reduction in urinary frequency is expected to be between 6 to 8 times a day and no episodes of urine loss and no urinary urgency

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Countries

Contacts

Public ContactAna Paula;Wanessa Bernardes ;Oliveira

Universidade Federal de Uberlândia;Universidade Federal de Uberlândia

anapaulamrb@ufu.br;wanessa.oliveira@ufu.br+55 (34) 32349902 ;+55 (34) 32349902

Outcome results

None listed

Source: REBEC (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Jun 11, 2026