Randomized trial of transcutaneous tibial nerve stimulation to treat urge urinary incontinence in older women. 2010

Lucas Schreiner, and Thaís Guimarães dos Santos, and Mara Regina Knorst, and Irênio Gomes da Silva Filho
Gynecology Department, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil. schreinerlucas@hotmail.com

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to examine the efficacy of transcutaneous electrical tibial nerve stimulation (TTNS) to treat urge urinary incontinence (UUI) in older women. METHODS The study design was a randomized clinical trial conducted on 51 elderly women (>60 years) with UUI. All were treated with 12 weeks of bladder retraining and pelvic floor muscle exercises, and 25 were randomly selected to receive TTNS in addition to the standard therapy. The cases were evaluated at the baseline and after the end of therapy by 3-day bladder diary, quality of life questionnaires (QoL), and subjective response. RESULTS Of the patients, 68.0% in TTNS group reported cure or improvement vs. 34.6% in the control group (P = 0.017). TTNS showed significant improvement in most areas of QoL and in UUI parameters when compared with the control group. CONCLUSIONS TTNS is efficacious to treat UUI in older women.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D011788 Quality of Life A generic concept reflecting concern with the modification and enhancement of life attributes, e.g., physical, political, moral, social environment as well as health and disease. HRQOL,Health-Related Quality Of Life,Life Quality,Health Related Quality Of Life
D011795 Surveys and Questionnaires Collections of data obtained from voluntary subjects. The information usually takes the form of answers to questions, or suggestions. Community Survey,Nonrespondent,Questionnaire,Questionnaires,Respondent,Survey,Survey Method,Survey Methods,Surveys,Baseline Survey,Community Surveys,Methodology, Survey,Nonrespondents,Questionnaire Design,Randomized Response Technique,Repeated Rounds of Survey,Respondents,Survey Methodology,Baseline Surveys,Design, Questionnaire,Designs, Questionnaire,Methods, Survey,Questionnaire Designs,Questionnaires and Surveys,Randomized Response Techniques,Response Technique, Randomized,Response Techniques, Randomized,Survey, Baseline,Survey, Community,Surveys, Baseline,Surveys, Community,Techniques, Randomized Response
D004561 Transcutaneous Electric Nerve Stimulation The use of specifically placed small electrodes to deliver electrical impulses across the SKIN to relieve PAIN. It is used less frequently to produce ANESTHESIA. Analgesic Cutaneous Electrostimulation,Electric Stimulation, Transcutaneous,Electroanalgesia,Percutaneous Electric Nerve Stimulation,TENS,Transdermal Electrostimulation,Electrical Stimulation, Transcutaneous,Percutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation,Percutaneous Electrical Neuromodulation,Percutaneous Neuromodulation Therapy,Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation,Transcutaneous Nerve Stimulation,Cutaneous Electrostimulation, Analgesic,Electrical Neuromodulation, Percutaneous,Electrical Neuromodulations, Percutaneous,Electroanalgesias,Electrostimulation, Analgesic Cutaneous,Electrostimulation, Transdermal,Nerve Stimulation, Transcutaneous,Neuromodulation Therapy, Percutaneous,Neuromodulation, Percutaneous Electrical,Neuromodulations, Percutaneous Electrical,Percutaneous Electrical Neuromodulations,Percutaneous Neuromodulation Therapies,Stimulation, Transcutaneous Electric,Stimulation, Transcutaneous Nerve,Therapy, Percutaneous Neuromodulation,Transcutaneous Electric Stimulation,Transcutaneous Electrical Stimulation
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000368 Aged A person 65 years of age or older. For a person older than 79 years, AGED, 80 AND OVER is available. Elderly
D012189 Retrospective Studies Studies used to test etiologic hypotheses in which inferences about an exposure to putative causal factors are derived from data relating to characteristics of persons under study or to events or experiences in their past. The essential feature is that some of the persons under study have the disease or outcome of interest and their characteristics are compared with those of unaffected persons. Retrospective Study,Studies, Retrospective,Study, Retrospective
D013979 Tibial Nerve The medial terminal branch of the sciatic nerve. The tibial nerve fibers originate in lumbar and sacral spinal segments (L4 to S2). They supply motor and sensory innervation to parts of the calf and foot. Medial Plantar Nerve,Posterior Tibial Nerve,Medial Plantar Nerves,Nerve, Medial Plantar,Nerve, Posterior Tibial,Nerve, Tibial,Nerves, Medial Plantar,Nerves, Posterior Tibial,Nerves, Tibial,Plantar Nerve, Medial,Plantar Nerves, Medial,Posterior Tibial Nerves,Tibial Nerve, Posterior,Tibial Nerves,Tibial Nerves, Posterior
D014554 Urination Discharge of URINE, liquid waste processed by the KIDNEY, from the body. Micturition
D016896 Treatment Outcome Evaluation undertaken to assess the results or consequences of management and procedures used in combating disease in order to determine the efficacy, effectiveness, safety, and practicability of these interventions in individual cases or series. Rehabilitation Outcome,Treatment Effectiveness,Clinical Effectiveness,Clinical Efficacy,Patient-Relevant Outcome,Treatment Efficacy,Effectiveness, Clinical,Effectiveness, Treatment,Efficacy, Clinical,Efficacy, Treatment,Outcome, Patient-Relevant,Outcome, Rehabilitation,Outcome, Treatment,Outcomes, Patient-Relevant,Patient Relevant Outcome,Patient-Relevant Outcomes

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