Results of electric acupuncture treatment on women’s urinary incontinence

Abstract

Background: Urinary incontinence (UI) is defined as peeing frequently and cannot hold urine when coughing, sneezing, and lifting heavy things. People who are suffering from this disease, worry about what others think and feel ashamed, therefore they isolate themselves from society and goes into mental crisis. In urinary incontinence, there are many aspects of treatment plans using acupuncture, so we conducted the research on electric acupuncture treatment on women’s urinary incontinence. Materials and Methods: The study was conducted as a clinical trial research design, with single confidentiality, randomly divided into treatment (n=30) and control (n=30) groups. 60 women with urinary incontinence were included in the study, and the results were divided into 2 groups: before and after treatment. “1 hour pad test”, “Urinary diary”, It was evaluated by the “Quality of Life Questionnaire for People with Urinary Incontinence Disorders” (I-QOL) . Ethical approval was obtained by the research ethics control committee. (Protocol number 2022/3-01) Results: When measuring urine output using the diaper wetting test method, the average urine output in the treatment group decreased from 12.7 g to 1 g, and the average urine output in the control group decreased from 11 g to 7.4 g, which is a statistically significant difference. Using the daily urine recording method, the frequency of urination per day decreased from 6 times to 1 time in the treatment group and from 6 times to 4 times in the control group. When evaluating the quality of life using the questionnaire method, the treatment group increased from 52.26% to 91.9%, and the control group increased from 52.03% to 74.4%. Conclusion: Electric acupuncture treatment for women with urinary incontinence in the treatment and control groups showed a decrease in the amount of urination, the number of urinations per day, and an improvement in the quality of life during urinary incontinence. Compared with electric acupuncture in the control group, electric acupuncture in the treatment group was more effective.