Physical Therapy for Overactive Bladder

NCT01758848 | Terminated DMC

• 1 other identifier: 200812091R
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 155
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Overactive bladder is a syndrome of symptoms. The core symptom is urgency with/without urge incontinence, frequency, nocturia. The prevalence of overactive bladder increased with age. The elderly is increasing with time, so the people who suffering from overactive bladder is also increasing. Research related to overactive bladder in the field of physical therapy is remained needed. The purposes of this study are to investigate the application of physical therapy to women with overactive bladder, emphasizing on the effect of voluntary muscle contraction for urgency inhibition, including the urodynamic study and clinical study. There are three stages in this study. In the first stage, we are going to develop a specific health-related quality of life questionnaire for urinary incontinence in Taiwan version. One hundred and fifty women with urinary incontinence and fifty healthy women without lower urinary tract symptom will be recruited in the first year to investigate the reliability and validity of the questionnaire. The Short-Form 36, Chinese version, will be used as gold standard for validity. Fifty women with urgency will be recruited in the second stage to test the effect of muscle active contraction strategies to inhibit detrusor pressure and urgency. The three muscle active contraction strategies include pelvic floor muscle strong contraction, pelvic floor muscle tonic contraction, and transversus abdominis tonic contraction. The outcome variables including detrusor pressure of the urodynamic parameter and self-reported urgency score. Simultaneous image record by abdominal ultrasound during the urodynamic examination will be used to ensure the accuracy of muscle action. The predictors of success of strategy from the result of the second year will be used to stratify the patients in the third stage. Eighty women with urgency will be recruited in the final stage to examine the clinical effect of strategy for urgency inhibition.

Conditions

Overactive Bladder

Keywords

overactive bladder; pelvic floor muscles; deep abdominal muscles

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• urinary diary

  7 days

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 20 Years+
• Sex: female
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)
• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

women with overactive bladder

You may qualify if:

• women with overactive bladder

Sponsors & Collaborators

• National Taiwan University Hospital: lead

Study Sites (1)

National Taiwan University Hospital

Taipei, 100, Taiwan

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Urinary Bladder, Overactive

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Urinary Bladder Diseases; Urologic Diseases; Female Urogenital Diseases; Female Urogenital Diseases and Pregnancy Complications; Urogenital Diseases; Male Urogenital Diseases; Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms; Urological Manifestations; Signs and Symptoms; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

Study Officials

• Jau-Yih Tsauo, PhD

  School and Graduate Institute of Physical Therapy, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: COHORT
• Time Perspective: PROSPECTIVE
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: November 22, 2010
• First Posted: January 1, 2013
• Study Start: September 1, 2010
• Primary Completion: June 1, 2011
• Study Completion: October 1, 2012
• Last Updated: January 1, 2013

Record last verified: 2012-11

Locations

TW (1)