Trial reportBreast cancer (Tokyo, Japan)2023
The feasibility of pelvic floor training to treat urinary incontinence in women with breast cancer: a telehealth intervention trial.
Trial report in Breast cancer (Tokyo, Japan), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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- Effectiveness of eHealth interventions in long-term follow-up care for breast and gynecological cancer survivors: a systematic review.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2026Pooled it
- Effectiveness of Pelvic Floor Muscle and Education-based Therapies on Bladder, Bowel, Vaginal, Sexual, Psychological Function, Quality of Life, and Pelvic Floor Muscle Function in Females Treated for Breast Cancer: A Systematic Review.Current oncology reports · 2025Pooled it
- Pelvic floor muscle training in telerehabilitation: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Archives of gynecology and obstetrics · 2024Pooled it
- Pelvic Floor Muscle Training by Telehealth to Treat Female Stress Urinary Incontinence: A Randomized Clinical Trial.International urogynecology journal · 2026Trial
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- Temperature predicts attendance at appointments for pelvic-floor muscle related dysfunction differently in publicly and privately funded appointments.Gynecology and pelvic medicine · 2024Article
- Pelvic floor muscle training delivered via telehealth to treat urinary and/or faecal incontinence after gynaecological cancer surgery: a single cohort feasibility study.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2023Article
- Telehealth in breast cancer following the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic.Exploration of targeted anti-tumor therapy · 2023Review
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Abstract
purposeTo investigate the feasibility of recruiting into a pelvic floor muscle training (PFMT) program delivered via telehealth to treat urinary incontinence (UI) in women with breast cancer on aromatase inhibitors.
methodsWe conducted a pre-post single cohort clinical trial with 54 women with breast cancer. Participants underwent a 12-week PFMT program using an intra-vaginal pressure biofeedback device: femfit
resultsThe mean age of participants was 50 years (SD ± 7.3). All women who were eligible to participate in this study consented (n = 55/55, 100%). All participants reported that the program was beneficial and tailored to their needs. The results showed a statistically significant decline in the prevalence (percentage difference 42%, 95% CI 28, 57%) and burden (ICIQ-UI SF score mean change 9.4, 95% CI 8.5, 10.4) of UI post intervention. A significant increase in PFM strength was observed post-intervention (mean change 4.8 mmHg, 95% CI 3.9, 5.5).
conclusionThis study indicated that PFMT delivered via telehealth may be feasible and potentially beneficial in treating stress UI in women with breast cancer. Further studies such as randomized controlled trials are required to confirm these results.
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