Effects of wearing supportive underwear versus pelvic floor muscle training or no treatment in women with symptoms of stress urinary incontinence: an assessor-blinded randomized control trial.
Int Urogynecol J
; 30(7): 1093-1099, 2019 07.
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ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION AND HYPOTHESIS:
In our previous single-arm pilot study, we reported that ready-made supportive underwear (shaper) was effective in elevating the bladder neck and reducing urinary incontinence (UI) symptoms. The aim of this study was to determine the effects of wearing a shaper compared with pelvic floor muscle training (PFMT) at home using a training compact disc with music, or no treatment, in an assessor-blinded randomized control trial, on reducing UI symptoms.METHODS:
Participants aged 30-59 years with symptoms of stress urinary incontinence were randomly assigned to three groups the shaper group, PFMT group, and no treatment group. The UI episodes/week and the Japanese version of the International Consultation on Incontinence Questionnaire Short-Form were compared between the baseline and the 6th or 12th week of the intervention period.RESULTS:
Eighty-nine women who completed the 12-week intervention period were analyzed. After the 12-week intervention period, the improvement rate in UI symptoms (ratio of the case number in which the UI episodes/week decreased at least 50% from the baseline) was 73.3% (22/30 women) in the shaper group, 74.2% (23/31 women) in the PFMT group, and 25.0% (7/28 women) in the no treatment group. The improvement rate in UI symptoms in the shaper and PFMT groups was significantly higher than that in the no treatment group (both P < 0.001).CONCLUSIONS:
Wearing supportive underwear (shaper) was almost as effective as PFMT at home in reducing UI symptoms.Palabras clave
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Asunto principal:
Incontinencia Urinaria de Esfuerzo
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Vestuario
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Terapia por Ejercicio
Tipo de estudio:
Clinical_trials
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Diagnostic_studies
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En
Revista:
Int Urogynecol J
Asunto de la revista:
GINECOLOGIA
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UROLOGIA
Año:
2019
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Article