Group Versus Individual Physiotherapy for Urinary Incontinence in Aging Women

Condition(s) studied

Investigational drug(s) / intervention(s)

Group physiotherapy: Multimodal Group physiotherapy 12 weeks of weekly Group physiotherapy treatments including education and pelvic floor muscle exercises

Individual one-on-one physiotherapy: Multimodal Individual physiotherapy 12 weeks of weekly Individual physiotherapy treatments including education and pelvic floor muscle exercises

Study summary

The recommended treatment for urinary incontinence (UI) in women is individualised pelvic floor muscle (PFM) training, a costly and resource-intense approach; one Canada is currently unable to meet. This non-inferiority randomized control trial seeks to determine if group-based PFM training is as effective as individualised PFM training for treating UI in women 65 and over, and to establish the cost-effectiveness of both. Demonstrating that group-based treatment is at least as good as individualised one-on-one treatment and more cost-effective would warrant including group-based PFM training as a first-line UI treatment.

Eligibility

Primary outcome measure(s)

• Change in the number of UI episodes — at recruitment, 13 weeks after recruitment and 12 months after recruitment, and 8 years after recruitment for those who completed the 12-month evaluation
  evaluated with a 7-day bladder diary

Trial sites (1)

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