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 significan

SUBMITTER: Glazener CM 

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

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature