Effect of pelvic floor muscle exercises focus on health literacy for pregnant women with stress urinary incontinence.

JRCT ID: jRCT1050220046

Registered date:10/06/2022

Basic Information

• Recruitment status: Pending
• Health condition(s) or Problem(s) studied: stress urinary incontinence
• Date of first enrollment: 10/06/2022
• Target sample size: 92
• Study type: Interventional

Intervention(s)

arm A :Receive pelvic floor muscle training information (pamphlet) and complete pre- and post-intervention questionnaires
arm B :In addition to the contents of Group A, the women will receive pelvic floor muscle training at home. In addition, the women will receive continuous health education using the teach back method at the time of their maternal health examination every 2 weeks.

Outcome(s)

• Primary Outcome: deduced prevalence of stress urinary incontinence

Secondary Outcome

1.reduction in severity of stress urinary incontinence
2. improved quality of life for stress urinary incontinence
3. development of Health Literacy

Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

• Age minimum: >= 18age old
• Age maximum: Not applicable
• Gender: Female

Include criteria

1.primipara woman
2.being in the 23th-25th gestational week during the first attendance
3.singleton pregnancy
4.had stress urinary incontinence

Exclude criteria

multiparous woman
having any genitourinary symptoms
had stress urinary incontinence before pregnancy
multiple pregnancy
high risk for preterm lobor

Related Information

• Primary Sponsor: Takenaka Kanae
• Secondary Sponsor: Sakai Hiroko,Yamaji Fumiko Nursing Research Fund