The purpose of this study is to determine the capacity of self-efficacy to predict maintaining a behavior change at four years post urinary control intervention.
This is a study that will monitor and compare attitudes and strategies that women use to maintain behavior changes that prevent urination problems. Women will complete questionnaires, do muscle strength exercises, and bladder training at 3 months, one year, and 4 years post intervention.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
417
A two-hour bladder health class presented by two experts in urinary incontinence and followed by an individual follow-up teaching session with an incontinence nurse specialist.
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
Mean number of incontinence episodes
Time frame: Baseline, 6-, 12-, 18-, 24-, 32-, 42-, 48-months post baseline
Pelvic floor muscle strength
Time frame: Baseline, 6-, 12-, 18-, 24-, 32-, 42-, 48-months post baseline
Length of voiding interval
Time frame: Baseline, 6-, 12-, 18-, 24-, 32-, 42-, 48-months post baseline
Self-efficacy
Time frame: Baseline, 6-, 12-, 18-, 24-, 32-, 42-, 48-months post baseline
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