NCT06088394

Effect of Acupuncture Augmented With Pelvic Floor Exercises on Overactive Bladder

Effect of Pelvic Floor Exercises Versus Pelvic Floor Exercises and Acupuncture on Overactive Bladder

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 40 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Cairo University · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 50 Years – 60 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of pelvic floor exercises augmented with acupuncture on overactive bladder

Detailed description

Overactive bladder syndrome (OAB) is a common complaint affecting 11.8% of the population. OAB is defined by the International Continence Society as "urinary urgency, usually accompanied by frequency and nocturia, with or without urgency urinary incontinence, in the absence of urinary tract infection or other obvious pathology."Urinary frequency accompanies OAB in 20%-25% of cases, and nocturia is present in 70%-75% of cases. Around one in three people with OAB also experience urinary incontinence. . OAB can be further categorized into "OAB-dry" (urinary incontinence is absent) and "OAB-wet" (urinary incontinence is present). 2 OAB is a long-term condition that reduces quality of life, leading to anxiety and depression and a negative effect on self-esteem. Pelvic floor exercises and acupuncture play an important role in overactive bladder.This trial has 2 groupes ,one will recieve pelvic floor exercises augmented with acupuncture ,the second will recive pelvic floor exercises only for 12weeks.

Conditions

• Overactive Bladder Syndrome

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Acupuncture	Participants will be asked to assume supine lying position on the plinth and the following points will be located then needles will be inserted: * CV3,4 \&5-40 mm needles at a depth of 1 cun perpendicular insertion. * ST 25 bilaterally-40 mm needles at a depth of 1 cun oblique insertion. * SP6 \& 9, K13\&7 bilaterally-25 mm needles at a depth of 0.5 cun perpendicular insertion. A total of 13 needles will be inserted at each session.
OTHER	pelvic floor exercises	pelvic floor muscle exercises can help strengthen pelvic floor muscle, which provides better control of urinary urgency by interfering with urethral-detrusor reflexes and inhibiting detrusor contractions

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-10-13
• Primary completion: 2024-01-15
• Completion: 2024-02-01
• First posted: 2023-10-18
• Last updated: 2023-10-18

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Egypt