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- Title
Força muscular do assoalho pélvico em mulheres com queixas de disfunção pélvica.
- Authors
Barbosa de Carvalho, Karoline; Oliveira Ibiapina, Francisco Tiago; de Castro Dutra Machado, Dionis
- Abstract
Pelvic floor dysfunction involves nosological conditions, such as urinary incontinence and sexual dysfunction, which have a negative impact on quality of life. This study aimed to evaluate pelvic floor muscle strength of women with pelvic dysfunction. This is an analytical cross-sectional performed design with a convenience sample of 167 women with complaints of pelvic floor muscle dysfunctions. Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics, quality of life related to incontinence and pelvic muscle strength were analyzed. Univariate and bivariate statistics were calculated. The mean age of women was 50.2 years. Most were classified having a very severe impact (76.6%) on incontinence-related quality of life, 41 (24.6%) presented non-sustained muscle contraction and 7 (4.2%) presented in contraction. Significant associations were identified between pelvic muscle strength and age (p = 0.025), menopause (p = 0.039) and hysterectomy (p = 0.026). This study allowed us to conclude that the risk factors responsible for pelvic floor problems can be considered crucial to assess the level of impact of urinary incontinence and its evolution as a result of early, simple and low cost interventions in primary health care. Pelvic floor dysfunctions affect negatively and substantially the quality of life of women.
- Subjects
STATISTICS; MUSCLE contraction; MUSCLES; CROSS-sectional method; PELVIC floor injuries; PELVIC floor; MUSCLE strength; URINARY incontinence; QUALITY of life; STATISTICAL sampling; WOMEN'S health
- Publication
Fisioterapia Brasil, 2021, Vol 22, Issue 3, p425
- ISSN
1518-9740
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.33233/fb.v22i3.4257