IRIS: Incontinence Research Intervention Study

This proposal aims to develop and test, in a general population of women with stress urinary incontinence (SUI), a model for predicting who will succeed in overcoming incontinence long-term (1-year) by simply using Knack therapy (thus avoiding invasive and costly surgery and time consuming Kegel's exercises). Specific Aims are to: * develop a logistic regression model to predict success with the Knack; * validate the model by determining the proportion of people who succeed according to who is predicted to succeed; and * develop long-term effectiveness of the Knack (1-year). The project will be implemented in three phases: model development (n=160 women), model validation (n\~160), and long-term follow-up of women who demonstrate response. This will be evaluated immediately and at 1 month and at 3-months and 1-year.