Trial reportJournal of the American Geriatrics Society2017
Defeating Urinary Incontinence with Exercise Training: Results of a Pilot Study in Frail Older Women.
Trial report in Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02206958 (Preventing Toileting Disability in Frail Older Women), which is not on this map. Cited by 12 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Preventing Toileting Disability in Frail Older Women
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12 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 36 citations in OpenAlex.
- Pooled it
- Effectiveness of non-pharmacological interventions delivered at home for urinary and faecal incontinence with homebound older people: systematic review of randomised controlled trials.Age and ageing · 2024Pooled it
- Pelvic floor muscle training versus no treatment, or inactive control treatments, for urinary incontinence in women.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2018Pooled it
- Power-Based Multicomponent Training, Pelvic Floor Muscle Activation Instructions, and Psychoeducation for Urinary Incontinence, Balance and Fear of Falling in Older Women (FIRE-WOMEN): Study Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Are exercise benefits in older adults clinically meaningful?: An ancillary and follow-up analysis of a multicenter randomized controlled trial.GeroScience · 2026Article
- The Mobility and Voiding Exercises in Older Women with Urinary Incontinence (MoVEonUp) randomized controlled trial: study protocol and rationale.BMC geriatrics · 2024Article
- Reducing Falls in Older Women with Urinary Incontinence.Advances in geriatric medicine and research · 2023Article
- Effect of Pelvic Floor Workout on Pelvic Floor Muscle Function Recovery of Postpartum Women: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Article
- Continence: Bowel and Bladder and Physical Function Decline in Women.Current geriatrics reports · 2020Article
- Prevalence and Risk Factors of Urinary Incontinence in Frail Elderly Females.Journal of aging research · 2020Article
- Management of Overactive Bladder in Older Women.Current urology reports · 2018Review
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Authors and funding
5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
objectivesTo determine whether combining behavioral urinary incontinence (UI) treatments with physical activity improves UI in frail older women.
designSingle-blind, two-arm pilot randomized controlled trial.
settingSenior apartments.
participantsFrail women (mean age 84.9 ± 6.4) without dementia (n = 42).
interventionTwelve-week program of customized behavioral UI treatments: 150 minutes of weekly walking and twice weekly strength training classes. MEASUREMENTS: UI was measured using 3-day bladder diaries, the International Consultation on Incontinence Questionnaire (ICIQ), and UI global improvement questions. Toileting skills were measured using the Performance Oriented Timed Toileting Instrument (POTTI) and the Minnesota Toileting Skills Questionnaire (MTSQ). Physical function was measured using the Short Physical Performance Battery. UI-related quality of life was measured using the Incontinence Impact Questionnaire and Urogenital Distress Inventory.
resultsThe treatment group reported a 50% reduction in daily leaks using bladder diaries, and the control group reported no change (P = .04). Although there were no group differences in total ICIQ scores (P = .66), the treatment group reported significantly greater improvement on the ICIQ item for urine leakage (P = .01). More than 81% of the treatment group and 36% of the control group reported improvement in UI (χ
conclusionUI may be improved in frail older women by combining behavioral strategies for UI with physical activity, but larger trails are needed to determine whether these findings can be replicated and sustained.
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