NCT03672461

A Group-Based Therapeutic Yoga Intervention for Urinary Incontinence in Ambulatory Older Women

A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Group-Based Therapeutic Yoga Intervention for Urinary Incontinence in Ambulatory Older Women

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 240 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of California, San Francisco · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 45 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The investigators will conduct a randomized controlled trial to evaluate the efficacy of a group-based yoga intervention to decrease the frequency and impact of urinary incontinence in ambulatory middle-aged and older women and explore potential mediators of improvement in outcomes. Women aged 45 years and older who report daily or more frequent stress-, urgency-, or mixed-type incontinence, are not already engaged in formal yoga or muscle stretching/strengthening programs, are willing to temporarily forgo other clinical treatments for incontinence, are able to walk to and use the bathroom without assistance, and meet other eligibility criteria will be recruited from multiple locations surrounding the San Francisco Bay area.

Conditions

• Stress Incontinence, Female
• Stress Incontinence, Urinary
• Stress Incontinence
• Urge Incontinence
• Urinary Incontinence, Stress
• Urinary Stress Incontinence
• Urgency Urinary

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Yoga Practice Program	The 3-month yoga intervention will provide instruction and practice in a variety of yoga postures and techniques that have been selected by the study yoga expert consultants for their potential to improve bladder control and safety and feasibility for the target population.
OTHER	Physical Conditioning Program	The 3-month muscle stretching/strengthening intervention program (also referred to as the "physical conditioning" program) has been designed by the study physical therapist consultants.

Timeline

• Start date: 2019-03-06
• Primary completion: 2022-06-30
• Completion: 2022-12-31
• First posted: 2018-09-14
• Last updated: 2025-03-30
• Results posted: 2023-10-03

Locations

2 sites across 1 country: United States