Application of Kegel Motion Combined with Warming Acupuncture at the Eight Acupuncture Points in Patients with Urinary Incontinence after Radical Prostatectomy

Abstract

To study the effect of Kegel exercise combined with Baliao warming acupuncture in the treatment of urinary incontinence after radical prostatectomy. A single-center, retrospective cohort study was conducted on clinically localized prostate cancer patients. This study involved 200 patients through a specific exclusion criterion admitted to the Department of Urology of our hospital, including 100 cases in the control group (single Kegel Motion) and 100 cases in the experimental group (Kegel Motion combined with acupuncture) from July 2017 to November 2020. Time from catheter removal to full recovery of urinary continence was recorded by 1 month, 3 months and 6 months after surgery. The International Consultation on Incontinence Questionnaire-short Form (ICIQ), the “one-hour diaper test” and the Quality-of-Life Incontinence Questionnaire (I-QOL) were used to evaluate the frequency and severity of urinary incontinence, the efficacy of urinary incontinence and the patients’ qualities of life, respectively. An independent sample t-test, rank sum test and Chi-square test were adopted for comparison between groups. None of the frequency, severity and efficacy of urinary incontinence nor the patients’ qualities of life showed difference between the experimental group and the control group at one month after surgery (P > 0.05) but showed significant differences at three months and six months postoperatively (P < 0.05). The Kegel Motion combined with warming acupuncture at the eight acupuncture points can reduce the incidence of urinary incontinence, improve urinary control ability and improve the quality of life of patients with urinary incontinence after radical prostatectomy.