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Randomised controlled trial of conservative management of postnatal urinary and faecal incontinence: six year follow up.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To determine the long term effects of a conservative nurse-led intervention for postnatal urinary incontinence.

Design

Randomised controlled trial.

Setting

Community based intervention in three centres in the United Kingdom and New Zealand.

Participants

747 women with urinary incontinence at three months after childbirth, of whom 516 were followed up again at 6 years (69%).

Intervention

Active conservative treatment (pelvic floor muscle training and bladder training) at five, seven, and nine months after delivery or standard care.

Main outcome measures

Urinary and faecal incontinence, performance of pelvic floor muscle training.

Results

Of 2632 women with urinary incontinence, 747 participated in the original trial. The significant improvements relative to controls in urinary (60% v 69%) and faecal (4% v 11%) incontinence at one year were not found at six year follow up (76% v 79% (95% confidence interval for difference in means -10.2% to 4.1%) for urinary incontinence, 12% v 13% (-6.4% to 5.1%) for faecal incontinence) irrespective of subsequent obstetric events. In the short term the intervention had motivated more women to perform pelvic floor muscle training (83% v 55%) but this fell to 50% in both groups in the long term. Both urinary and faecal incontinence increased in prevalence in both groups during the study period.

Conclusions

The moderate short term benefits of a brief nurse-led conservative treatment of postnatal urinary incontinence may not persist, even among women with no further deliveries. About three quarters of women with urinary incontinence three months after childbirth still have this six years later.

SUBMITTER: Glazener CM

PROVIDER: S-EPMC548727 | biostudies-literature | 2005 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Randomised controlled trial of conservative management of postnatal urinary and faecal incontinence: six year follow up.

Glazener Cathryn M A CM Herbison G Peter GP MacArthur Christine C Grant Adrian A Wilson P Don PD

BMJ (Clinical research ed.) 20041222 7487

<h4>Objective</h4>To determine the long term effects of a conservative nurse-led intervention for postnatal urinary incontinence.<h4>Design</h4>Randomised controlled trial.<h4>Setting</h4>Community based intervention in three centres in the United Kingdom and New Zealand.<h4>Participants</h4>747 women with urinary incontinence at three months after childbirth, of whom 516 were followed up again at 6 years (69%).<h4>Intervention</h4>Active conservative treatment (pelvic floor muscle training and ...[more]

PMID: 15615766

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Dataset Information

Randomised controlled trial of conservative management of postnatal urinary and faecal incontinence: six year follow up.

Objective

Design

Setting

Participants

Intervention

Main outcome measures

Results

Conclusions

Publications

Randomised controlled trial of conservative management of postnatal urinary and faecal incontinence: six year follow up.

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