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- Title
The effectiveness of post-partum interventions to prevent urinary incontinence: a systematic review.
- Authors
Saboia, Dayana Maia; De Castro Bezerra, Karine; Vasconcelos Neto, José Ananias; Pinheiro Sobreira Bezerra, Leonardo Robson; Batista Oriá, Mônica Oliveira; Moreira Vasconcelos, Camila Teixeira
- Abstract
Objective: to assess the effectiveness of post-partum interventions to prevent urinary incontinence: a systematic review. Method: systematic review of randomized controlled studies conducted in the MEDLINE, Cochrane, Scopus and the Virtual Library on Health (Biblioteca Virtual em Saúde, BVS) databases. Results: six articles were included in this review. All studies used the Pelvic Floor Muscle Training as the main procedure to prevent urinary incontinence. The results pointed to a positive and effective intervention in the post-partum period. Conclusion: there is evidence that programs of exercise of the pelvic floor musculature performed both in the immediate and late post-partum result in a significant increase in muscle strength and contribute to prevent urinary incontinence.
- Subjects
URINARY incontinence; CLINICAL medicine; EXPERIMENTAL design; MEDICAL databases; INFORMATION storage &; retrieval systems; EVALUATION of medical care; MEDLINE; HEALTH outcome assessment; PUERPERIUM; RESEARCH funding; SYSTEMATIC reviews; DATA analysis; KEGEL exercises; EVALUATION; PREVENTION
- Publication
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem, 2018, Vol 71, p1460
- ISSN
0034-7167
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1590/0034-7167-2017-0338