NCT01843543

Examining Bladder Control Using Mindful Based Approach

Assessing the Therapeutic Effect of Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction Intervention in Women With Urgency Incontinence Using Advanced Brain Imaging

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 12 (actual)
• Sponsor: Oregon Health and Science University · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 40 Years – 85 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Urgency Incontinence (where the bladder muscles contract suddenly, causing an immediate urge to urinate that is difficult to prevent) is commonly experienced in patients with overactive bladder. New findings have discovered that urgency incontinence may be connected to the interactions of certain regions of the brain and the bladder. Although this is a common problem, researched still do not know how these interactions impact the process of urgency incontinence. Furthermore, there is preliminary data to suggest that interventions such as Mindful-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) can potentially be used as therapy for UI. The purpose of this study is to determine the impact MBSR training on UI symptoms, quality of life, and anxiety measures.

Detailed description

Urgency Incontinence (where the bladder muscles contract suddenly, causing an immediate urge to urinate that is difficult to prevent) is commonly experienced in patients with overactive bladder. New findings have discovered that urgency incontinence may be connected to the interactions of certain regions of the brain and the bladder. Although this is a common problem, researched still do not know how these interactions impact the process of urgency incontinence. Furthermore, there is preliminary data to suggest that interventions such as Mindful-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) can potentially be used as therapy for UI. The purpose of this study is to determine the impact MBSR training on UI symptoms, quality of life, and anxiety measures. To determine the impact of MBSR training on Urinary Incontinence(UI) symptoms, quality of life and anxiety measures in women affected with UI. We hypothesize that participants will have significant improvement in UI and anxiety related symptoms and quality of life measures.

Conditions

• Urinary Urgency Incontinence

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Course	The MBSR course developed by Jon Kabat-Zinn is a mind-body intervention that incorporates mindfulness techniques. This is an eight week MBSR course at OHSU. Class instruction will be augmented by daily home practices of listening to audiotapes, diary reflections, and reading preloaded on itouch devices provided to participants. Adherence will be assessed through in-house iMINDr tracking program loaded on the itouch.

Timeline

• Start date: 2013-04-01
• Primary completion: 2017-05-01
• Completion: 2017-05-01
• First posted: 2013-04-30
• Last updated: 2019-12-13

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States