Cardiovascular Diseases
Conditions
Interventions
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Sponsors
Federal University of Health Sciences of Porto Alegre
Universidade Federal de São Carlos
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
Female
Age
18 Years to 90 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Being a woman by biological sex; 18 years of age or older; stress urinary incontinence, which will be determined by the affirmative answer to the following question from the King's Health Questionnaire: Did you lose your urine unintentionally associated with coughing, sneezing, exercising or weight lifting in the last month ?.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Participants with latex allergy; with vaginal or urinary tract infection; be a virgin; being in the gestational period or after immediate delivery or neurological disease.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| To assess whether there is a change in quality of life in women after the intervention for the treatment of stress urinary incontinence, using the following questionnaires: King's Health Questionnaire (KHQ), which consists of 30 questions that evaluate the items health perception, impact of urinary incontinence. , daily activity limitations, physical limitation and social limitation, personal relationship, emotions, sleep / energy, severity measures, the scores of this questionnaire vary from 0 to 100, and considers that the higher the score, the worse the quality of life is determined. each; and the Short-Form 6 Dimensions - Brazil (SF-6D) questionnaire), which evaluates the items: functional capacity, global limitation, physical aspects, emotional aspects, social aspects, pain, mental health and vitality. Identify the voiding frequency and frequency of urinary leakage through the voiding diary. To identify if there is alteration in the pelvic floor muscle function after treatment, assessed by vaginal palpation and manometry. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Identify the health costs that will be evaluated by the Short-Form 6 Dimensions - Brazil, as it allows the generation of utility indices (adjusted life years) from the effectiveness data used in economic analysis and has a unique score ranging from 0 to 1. (where 0 represents the worst state of health and 1 represents the best state of health). | — |
Countries
Brazil
Contacts
Public ContactBIANCA REIS
Universidade Federal de São Carlos
Outcome results
None listed