Overactive bladder
Conditions
Interventions
Experimental group: 20 elderly women with overactive bladder complaints receive the electric current in the posterior tibial nerve in motor form (must observe the bending of the big toe), 2 times a we
Device
Sponsors
Faculdade de Ceilândia - FCE
Centro de Saúde 04 de Ceilândia - DF
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
Female
Age
60 Years to No maximum
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Females aged 60 years, complaining of overactive bladder.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Women are excluded elderly who use pacemakers and metal implants in the region of the right ankle, being contraindications of electrotherapy, patients submit UTI by urine culture or have pain when urinating and/or suprapubic pain (interstitial cystitis), presenting with hematuria sterile urine (suspicion of carcinoma in situ of the bladder), women who use drugs to treat overactive bladder in the past six months and women with a neurological disease.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Improvement of symptoms referred to the overactive bladder syndrome observed by the International Consultation on Incontinence Questionnaire Overactive Bladder (ICIQ-OAB), voiding diary and Overactive Bladder-Validated 8-question (OAB-V8) | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Improved quality of life due to the expected improvement in symptoms of anxiety and depression questionnaire by the Beck Anxiety and Depression Questionnaire Geriatric Improves the electrical activity of the pelvic floor electromyography | — |
Countries
Brazil
Contacts
Public ContactAline Alves
Faculdade de Ceilândia - FCE
Outcome results
None listed