Grant: Operating Grant
University of Alberta
$282,636.00
Managing urinary incontinence in elderly village women in rural Bangaldesh: a cluster randomized trial of a community exercise-based intervention.
FY 2013-14
Summary
We know from earlier work that many elderly women in rural villages in Bangladesh suffer from urinary incontinence and that these women have a high level of depression. Exercise-based interventions have been found to be effective in managing incontinence but have not been tried in rural parts of the developing world. We have recently completed a feasibility study to see if elderly women would take part in community exercise groups and to see if their condition improved if they did. The results of that study were very encouraging and we are now seeking to carry out a full trial, allocating villages at random to either take part in the full intervention or to simply undergo education about incontinence.
Department
Program
Operating Grant
Recipient
Location
Alberta, Canada
Recipient Type
Academia
Type
Grant
Source
CIHR Funding Decisions Database
As published
Id
304901
Name
Cherry Nicola
Region
Alberta
Country
Canada
Orgtype
Institution Paid; Research Institution
Instname2
Population and Public Health
Theme2
Social / Cultural / Environmental / Population Health
Prcname2
Public, Community & Population Health
Projecttitle
Managing urinary incontinence in elderly village women in rural Bangaldesh: a cluster randomized trial of a community exercise-based intervention.
Programtype2
Operating Grants
Orgnameinp2
University of Alberta
Cihramount2
$282,636
Cihrequipment2
$0
Programname2
Operating Grant
Keyworddelim
Aging; Cluster Randomized Trial; Developing Countries; Exercise; Intervention Study; Population Health; Rural Popultions; Urinary Incontinence
Abstract
We know from earlier work that many elderly women in rural villages in Bangladesh suffer from urinary incontinence and that these women have a high level of depression. Exercise-based interventions have been found to be effective in managing incontinence but have not been tried in rural parts of the developing world. We have recently completed a feasibility study to see if elderly women would take part in community exercise groups and to see if their condition improved if they did. The results of that study were very encouraging and we are now seeking to carry out a full trial, allocating villages at random to either take part in the full intervention or to simply undergo education about incontinence.
Competitiondate
201403
Approvedterm2
3 yrs 6 mths
Pinamesdelim
Cherry, Nicola; Wagg, Adrian S
Approvedterm
3 ans 6 mois
Cihrcontribution2
~ $282,636~ $0~
