Simple pregnancy exercises may ease childbirth and prevent leaks
NCT ID NCT07268014
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looks at whether doing pelvic floor exercises during late pregnancy can improve birth outcomes and reduce urinary incontinence. About 151 first-time mothers between 28-30 weeks of pregnancy will be randomly assigned to do the exercises or not. Researchers will compare delivery methods, episiotomy severity, and incontinence scores between the groups.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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151 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Dec 2025
- Finished
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Jun 2026
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 to 45 years
- Sex
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Female participants only
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Registered in the hospital's prenatal school and actively participating in the 3-day training sessions, * Aged between 18 and 35 years, * Between 28 and 30 weeks of gestation, * Having a singleton and low-risk pregnancy, * Primiparous (expecting their first birth), * Voluntarily agreeing to participate by signing the written informed consent form, * Able to read, understand, and communicate in Turkish. Exclusion Criteria: * Those who have previously given birth vaginally or by cesarean section (multiparous women), * Those with multiple pregnancies, * Those who conceived through assisted reproductive techniques, * Those diagnosed with serious obstetric or medical complications during pregnancy (e.g., preeclampsia, gestational diabetes, risk of preterm birth), * Those with chronic constipation or cough, * Those who are overweight or obese, * Those with chronic or recurrent urinary tract infections, * Those with a history of psychiatric diagnosis or currently receiving psychiatric treatment, * Those with a diagnosis of or treatment for urinary incontinence, * Those unable to regularly attend the education sessions or who discontinue the program,
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Seyhan Çankaya
Konya, 42250, Turkey (Türkiye)
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