Acupuncture at "pelvic floor six needles" combined with Kegel exercise for mild to moderate female stress urinary incontinence: a randomized controlled trial.
10.13703/j.0255-2930.20240408-k0001
- Author:
Qianqian LI
1
;
Xianghong HUANG
1
;
Jiali ZHANG
1
;
Zhonghui ZHAO
1
;
Jianping CHENG
1
Author Information
1. Xiangtan Hospital of TCM, Xiangtan 411100, Hunan Province, China.
- Publication Type:English Abstract
- Keywords:
Kegel exercise;
acupuncture;
female stress urinary incontinence, mild to moderate;
pelvic floor six needles;
randomized controlled trial (RCT)
- MeSH:
Humans;
Female;
Acupuncture Therapy/instrumentation*;
Urinary Incontinence, Stress/physiopathology*;
Middle Aged;
Adult;
Exercise Therapy;
Acupuncture Points;
Pelvic Floor/physiopathology*;
Aged;
Treatment Outcome;
Quality of Life
- From:
Chinese Acupuncture & Moxibustion
2025;45(3):317-321
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
OBJECTIVE:To observe the effect of acupuncture at "pelvic floor six needles" for mild to moderate female stress urinary incontinence (SUI).
METHODS:A total of 60 patients with mild to moderate female SUI were randomly divided into an observation group and a control group, 30 cases each group. The control group received Kegel exercise. The observation group received acupuncture at "pelvic floor six needles" on the basis of the treatment as the control group, bilateral Zhongliao (BL33), Zhibian (BL54), Huiyang (BL35), Shuidao (ST28), Dahe (KI12) and Guanyuan (CV4) were selected, once every other day, 3 times a week, 4 weeks as a course of treatment, a total of 2 courses were required. Before treatment and after 4, 8 weeks of treatment, urine leakage in 1 hour, International Consultation on Incontinence questionnaire short form (ICI-Q-SF) score, and incontinence quality of life questionnaire (I-QOL) score were observed in the two groups, and the clinical efficacy was evaluated.
RESULTS:After 8 weeks of treatment, urine leakage in 1 hour and ICI-Q-SF scores in both groups were decreased compared with those before treatment (P<0.05), and urine leakage in 1 hour and ICI-Q-SF score in the observation group were lower than those in the control group (P<0.05). After 4, 8 weeks of treatment, I-QOL scores were increased compared with those before treatment in both groups (P<0.05), and the I-QOL scores in the observation group were higher than those in the control group (P<0.01, P<0.001). The total effective rate of the observation group was 93.3% (28/30), which was higher than 73.3% (22/30) in the control group (P<0.05).
CONCLUSION:Acupuncture at "pelvic floor six needles" could improve the clinical symptoms and quality of life in patients with mild to moderate female SUI to a certain degree.
