NCT05700487

EFFECT ON QUALITY OF LIFE AFTER PROSTATECTOMY

THE EFFECT OF PELVIC FLOOR EXERCISES ON URINARY INCONTINENCE AND QUALITY OF LIFE AFTER PROSTATECTOMY

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 33 (actual)
• Sponsor: TC Erciyes University · Academic / Other
• Sex: Male
• Age: 40 Years – 75 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Aim: This study was conducted to determine the effect of pelvic floor exercises (PTE) on urinary incontinence and quality of life (QOL) after radical prostatectomy (RP). Methods: This randomized controlled, single-blind, experimental study was completed with a total of 33 RP patients, 18 of whom were interventions, and 15 were controls. The intervention group was given pelvic floor exercises (PTE) training in the preoperative period, regular PTE was performed three times a day for six months in the postoperative period, and the continuity of the exercises was checked by telephone. On the other hand, no intervention was applied to the control group other than routine treatment.

Conditions

• PROSTATECTOMY
• URINARY INCONTINENCE

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	PELVIC FLOOR EXERCISES	Regular Pelvic floor exercises was performed three times a day for six months in the postoperative period

Timeline

• Start date: 2019-08-01
• Primary completion: 2020-10-30
• Completion: 2021-04-29
• First posted: 2023-01-26
• Last updated: 2023-01-27

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)