Nursing intervention to enhance efficacy of home practice of pelvic floor muscle exercises in treating mixed urinary incontinence.

Abstract

This study was conducted to evaluate nursing intervention to enhance the efficacy of a home-based pelvic floor muscle exercise (PFME) in treating mixed urinary incontinence among a community-based population. Eighty-eight women with mixed incontinence were recruited for this study and were asked to practice PFME at home as instructed. A registered nurse monitored the study group via telephone checkups twice a week. The Symptoms (LUTS) Questionnaire and a disease-specific questionnaire of impact index were used for repeat measurements before intervention, at 3 and 6 months after PFME. Symptoms such as frequency, nocturia, urge incontinence, and urinary stress incontinence improved significantly in the study group at 6 months. Quality of life with regard to worry about pads/towels leakage and getting wet also improved in the study group at 6 months. Nursing intervention can significantly improve the efficacy of a home-based PFME program in community women with mixed storage symptoms.

• Authors: Soo-Cheen Ng, Tzu-Li Lin, Su-Jung Chang, Hui-Lung Tai, Shu-Woan Hu, Gin-Den Chen
• Journal: International urogynecology journal and pelvic floor dysfunction (Int Urogynecol J Pelvic Floor Dysfunct) Vol. 19 Issue 5 Pg. 637-42 (May 2008) England
• PMID: 18004495 (Publication Type: Comparative Study, Journal Article, Randomized Controlled Trial, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)

Topics

• Adult
• Aged
• Aged, 80 and over
• Exercise Therapy (methods)
• Female
• Follow-Up Studies
• Home Care Services (standards)
• Humans
• Middle Aged
• Pelvic Floor (physiopathology)
• Surveys and Questionnaires
• Treatment Outcome
• Urinary Incontinence (nursing, physiopathology)