Patients' perception and satisfaction with pulsed magnetic stimulation for treatment of female stress urinary incontinence.
Int Urogynecol J
; 29(7): 997-1004, 2018 07.
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ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION AND HYPOTHESIS:
We evaluated patients' perception and satisfaction with nonsurgical pulsed magnetic stimulation (PMS) for treatment of female stress urinary incontinence (SUI) in a randomized, double-blind, sham-controlled trial.METHODS:
Women with SUI (n = 120) were randomized to either active or sham PMS for 8 weeks (twice/week). Patients answered seven questions on their perception and acceptability, each measured on a 5-point Likert scale. Treatment satisfaction was assessed using two parameters (i) the single-item question "Overall, please rate how satisfied you are with the treatment" and (ii) Patient Global Impression of Improvement (PGI-I). All adverse events were documented.RESULTS:
A total of 115 patients completed treatments (active n = 57, sham n = 58). There were no significant differences between groups in all parameters regarding perception and acceptability (p > 0.05). In terms of treatment satisfaction, a significantly higher proportion of patients in the active group (n = 47/57, 82.4%) were either mostly or completely satisfied compared with those in the sham group (n = 27/58, 46.6%) ((p = 0.001). Similarly, a statistically significantly higher percentage of patients in the active group (n = 39/57, 68.4%) felt much or very much better compared with patients in the sham group (n = 11/58, 19.0%) as measured using the PGI-I (p < 0.001). Three (5.3%) patients in the active group and five (8.6%) in the sham group experienced adverse events (p = 0.72). Regardless of treatment arms, 109 (94.8%) patients would not consider surgical options even if they required further treatment for their condition.CONCLUSION:
PMS was well accepted, well tolerated, and resulted in a high treatment satisfaction among women with SUI.Key words
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Quality of Life
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Urinary Incontinence, Stress
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Patient Satisfaction
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Magnetic Field Therapy
Type of study:
Clinical_trials
Limits:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Middle aged
Language:
En
Journal:
Int Urogynecol J
Journal subject:
GINECOLOGIA
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UROLOGIA
Year:
2018
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Malaysia