Status:

COMPLETED

Self-Care to Prevent Birth-Related Urinary Incontinence in Diverse Women

Lead Sponsor:

University of Michigan

Collaborating Sponsors:

National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR)

Conditions:

Urinary Incontinence

Eligibility:

FEMALE

18+ years

Phase:

PHASE3

Brief Summary

The primary goal of this project is to determine the efficacy of an antenatal Bladder Health class to prevent UI in a diverse sample of African American, Caucasian, and Hispanic childbearing women. Th...

Detailed Description

This study is significant because UI prevalence is 34% overall among US women, nearly half of whom consider their incontinence to be moderately to extremely bothersome. UI is 2.0 to 2.6 fold greater i...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Women who are pregnant and expecting their first, second, or third baby are eligible if they:
  • are age eighteen years or older
  • are able to understand and read English or Spanish
  • are low risk antepartum (first, second or third pregnancy)
  • are 16-25 weeks pregnant
  • expect a vaginal birth
  • have lost no more than a few drops of urine as often as every other day
  • have no previous or current urinary incontinence treatment with medication, formal behavioral programs or surgery
  • have no history of bladder cancer, diabetes, stroke, multiple sclerosis, muscular dystrophy, cerebral palsy, Parkinson's, epilepsy, or trauma of the spinal cord
  • Do not have (or have not had within the last 3 years) \*chronic urinary tract infection. \*Chronic is defined as having more than 3 urinary tract infections in one year.

Exclusion

  • If participant does not meet all of the above criterion for inclusion

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

October 1 2007

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

December 1 2013

Estimated Enrollment :

432 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00763984

Start Date

October 1 2007

End Date

December 1 2013

Last Update

January 15 2015

Active Locations (3)

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University of Michigan Health System

Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States, 48109

2

Jackson Center for Family Health

Jackson, Michigan, United States, 49202

3

La Clinica de la Santa Teresa

Pontiac, Michigan, United States, 48341