The effect of different frequencies of pudendal nerve electrical stimulation on female stress urinary incontinence / 国际中医中药杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To investigate the effect of different frequencies of pudendal electrical nerve stimulation on female stress urinary incontinence.Methods 60 SUI female patients from Shanghai Research Institute of Acupuncture and Meridian affiliated Yue Yang Hospital were enrolled in a three-times-per-week treatment group (30 paients) and a twice-per-week treatment group (30 patients).Both groups were treated by pudendal nerve electrical stimulation for twelve times.The change of therapeutic effect,symptoms index were observed in both groups before and after the treatment.Results ① Comparison of clinical efficacy:The therapeutic rate of three-times-per-week treatment group was 63.3％ (19/30),the total effective rate was 90.0％ (27/30); the therapeutic rate of twice-per-week treatment group was 36.7％ (11/30),the total effective rate was 76.7％ (23/30).The therapeutic rate showed significant differences between the two groups (x2=4.267,P＜ 0.05); The total effective rate showed no differences between the two groups (x2 =l.920,P＞0.05).② Comparison of clinical symptom score and life quality score:the post-treatment clinical symptom scores of the both groups improved significantly compared with the pre-treatment (tthee-times-prt-week=7.972,ttwice-per-week=9.520,both P＜0.01).Clinical symptom score of three-times-per-week treatment group improved better than twice-per-week treatment group (P＜0.01).Conclusion Three-times-per-week of pudendal nerve electrical stimulation has a better effect on treating female SUI patients.