Introduction: Prostate cancer is one of the most common cancers in Slovenia. Surgical removal of the prostate gland is one of the possible treatments for prostate cancer. After surgical removal prolonged urinary incontinence is a common adverse effect. Functional magnetic stimulation is one of the possible treatments of urinary incontinence. It is non-invasive and painless. The patient can be fully dressed during stimulation. In functional magnetic stimulation the magnetic current causes depolarisation of the sacral nerve roots, which innervate pelvic floor muscles. This leads to their contraction. Purpose: The purpose of the thesis was to evaluate the effectiveness of functional magnetic stimulation in reducing the number of the incontinent episodes and to assess the effectiveness on quality of life which is often reduced in men after prostatectomy. Methods: Men with urinary incontinence after prostatectomy were included in this study. The participants were randomly assigned to experimental or control group. The participants sat down at the middle of the magnetic chair. Protocol lasted 4 weeks, 10 times for 20 minutes. International Consultation on Incontinence Questionnaire Male Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms Module and anamnesis was completed before the protocol. After the protocol they completed International Consultation on Incontinence Questionnaire and The Patient Global Impression of Improvement. Results: 22 men participated in this study. Six (46,2 %) out of 13 participants in experimental group and two (22,2 %) out of 9 in control group reported that their urinary symptoms have improved much. Nobody reported worsening of their condition after the protocol. There was no statistically significant difference between the groups in the analysis of International Consultation on Incontinence Questionnaire (p = 0,614) and The Patient Global Impression of Improvement (p = 0,121). Discussion and conclusion: We found that the participants reported subjective improvement, but based on current research results we conclude that functional magnetic stimulation does not offer a greater improvement in urinary incontinence than placebo. The use of functional magnetic stimulation in this population is still recommended since we did not find any adverse effects of the stimulation. In the future, bigger sample of men should be involved in the study.
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