Abstract
Purpose
To explore the effectiveness of micturition interruption exercise in improving the incidence of urinary incontinence after radical prostatectomy.
Materials and methods
With a retrospective case–control study, 96 patients admitted in the Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University from August 2014 to August 2020 and underwent radical prostatectomy were collected as the subjects. Those patients who used micturition interruption exercise (n = 48) were set as the therapy group, and the control group was collected according to the ratio of 1:1; the patients used Kegel exercise (n = 48) to compare the rehabilitation of urinary incontinence in patients and the effect of training compliance on rehabilitation.
Results
The recovery time of urinary incontinence in the therapy group was significantly shorter than that of the control group. In the therapy group, 83.3% of patients with training compliance reached an average or above, while the control group only accounted for 58.3%. International Consultation on Incontinence Questionnaire Short-Form score of the therapy group was lower than that of the control group after surgery. Spearman analysis suggests that there is a negative correlation between the postoperative urinary incontinence recovery time and compliance with the micturition interruption exercise.
Conclusions
Micturition interruption exercise could not only improve the compliance of patients with exercise, but also significantly shorten the recovery time of urinary incontinence after radical prostatectomy.
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This work was supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province (project number: Y20H270024).
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Kang-jie He carried out the questionnaire investigation, participated in the data analysis, and drafted the manuscript. Xiang-nan Yang carried out the questionnaire investigation and performed the statistical analysis. Yue Duan conceived of the study, participated in its design and coordination, and obtained funding. Zheng Zhu participated in the training of nursing in this research. Di Dai and Jia-cheng Zhang checked the correctness of the data. Jia-xing Chen proposed critical revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.
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He, Kj., Yang, Xn., Zhu, Z. et al. Clinical effect of micturition interruption exercise on urinary incontinence after radical prostatectomy. Support Care Cancer 30, 3241–3247 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00520-021-06780-y
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