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Trial reportAmerican journal of men's health2018

The Effect of Pelvic Floor Muscle Training On Incontinence Problems After Radical Prostatectomy.

Aylin Aydın Sayılan, Ayfer Özbaş

Registry-linked trialOpen access · goldAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in American journal of men's health, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04068025 (The Effect of Information, Motivation, Behavioral Skills Model on Urinary Incontinence and Quality of Life in Men With Overactive Bladder), which is not on this map. Cited by 34 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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34citing papers in PubMed, 5 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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NCT04068025 nacompletednot on this map

The Effect of Information, Motivation, Behavioral Skills Model on Urinary Incontinence and Quality of Life in Men With Overactive Bladder: A Randomized Controlled Trial

TypeinterventionalSponsorAnkara Yildirim Beyazıt UniversityRan2018 to 2019Enrolled60ConditionsOveractive Bladder, Quality of LifeArmsAssigned Interventions
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

34 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 100 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. The impact of prehabilitation on postoperative outcomes in patients undergoing radical prostatectomy for prostate cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Aylin Aydın Sayılan1 Department of Nursing, Kırklareli University, Kofçaz, Kırklareli, Turkey.
Ayfer Özbaş2 Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Department of Surgical Diseases Nursing, İstanbul University, İstanbul, Turkey.
Istanbul University · TRKırklareli University · TR

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The aim of the current study was to determine the effect of pelvic floor muscle exercises (PFME/Kegel) training administered to patients scheduled for robot-assisted radical prostatectomy on postprocedural incontinence problems. This study was a randomized controlled trial. Pelvic floor muscle exercises were applied to the procedure group three times a day for 6 months. No exercises were applied to the control group. Incontinence and quality-of-life assessments of the 60 patients in the experimental and control groups were performed on months 0 (10 days after removal of the urinary catheter), 1, 3, and 6 through face-to-face and telephone interviews. Total Incontinence Consultation on Incontinence-Short Form scores, which provide an objective criterion for the evaluation of individuals with incontinence problems, decreased over time. This decrease was statistically highly significant in the third and sixth months. Pelvic muscle floor exercises are suitable for patients experiencing incontinence after radical prostatectomy.

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Quality of LifeAgedBiofeedback, PsychologyExercise TherapyHumansMaleMiddle AgedPelvic FloorPostoperative ComplicationsProstatectomyProstatic NeoplasmsReference ValuesRisk AssessmentSeverity of Illness IndexTreatment OutcomeUrinary Incontinencemuscle stretching exercisesprostatectomyurinary incontinence

Identifiers

PMID29540090
PMCPMC6131443
OpenAlexW2790051423

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