This experiment is expected to understand the benefits of different settings of electrical stimulation in the treatment of overactive bladder.
This experiment is expected to understand the benefits of different settings of electrical stimulation in the treatment of overactive bladder.The study will adopt a longitudinal research design with randomized quasi-experimental trial.The patients will recruited and be randomly assigned to Group A (Parasacral transcutaneous electrical stimulation) or Group B (Intravaginal electrical stimulation). There will be 30 participants in each group. Data will be collected 2 times.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
30
Asymmetrical biphasic square current pulse Frequency:10 Hz pulse width:1.0 ms Intensity:highest tolerable intensity(≦80 mA.) Parasacral transcutaneous electrical stimulation:Clinic using 2 superficial 3.5 cm electrodes placed on each side of S3 and S4.
Asymmetrical biphasic square current pulse Frequency:10 Hz pulse width:1.0 ms Intensity:highest tolerable intensity(≦80 mA.) Intravaginal electrical stimulation:The electrode plug for vaginal plug was cylinder-formed with ring-formed placed into vaginal.
Chung Shan Medical University Hospital
Taichung, Taiwan
RECRUITING3 Days Voiding diary
This chart is a record of your voiding and leakage or urine. Choose three (3) separate 24 hour periods to complete this record. Pick days which will be most convenient for you to measure every void.
Time frame: 3 days
Overactive Bladder Symptom Score( OABSS)
This is a single symptom score that employs a self-report questionnaire to quantify OAB symptoms.Questionnaire has many items with the same minimum and maximum score.Four question items, daytime frequency, nocturia, urgency and urgency incontinence, were included in the questionnaire according to the definition of OAB.
Time frame: 20 min
minVisual analogue scale (VAS) for urgency
The Visual Analog or Analogue Scale (VAS) is designed to present to the respondent a rating scale with minimum constraints. Respondents mark the location on the 10-centimeter line corresponding to the amount of urgency they experienced. This gives them the greatest freedom to choose their urgency intensity. It also gives the maximum opportunity for each respondent to express a personal response style. VAS data of this type is recorded as the number of millimeters from the left of the line with the range 0-100.
Time frame: 10 min
Pad test
To measure leakage and may be performed in the specialist's office or at home. Pad testing can be done over a period of time as short as twenty minutes or up to one hour.
Time frame: 20min-1hr
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