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ORIGINAL PAPER
Effect of home-based core exercises on postpartum stress urinary incontinence during COVID-19 pandemic in Jeddah city: a randomised control trial
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Department of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Medical Rehabilitation Science, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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Department of Physical Therapy for Women’s Health, Faculty of Physical Therapy, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt
Submission date: 2022-06-30
Acceptance date: 2022-10-27
Publication date: 2024-03-25
Corresponding author
Lujen Mohammed Alahmri
Department of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Medical Rehabilitation Science, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Department of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Medical Rehabilitation Science, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Physiother Quart. 2024;32(1):35-42
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ABSTRACT
Introduction:
Introduction. Postpartum stress urinary incontinence affects many women worldwide; it may exist during pregnancy or postpartum with a risk of permanence increasing five years later. This study aimed to determine the effect of home-based core exercises on postpartum stress urinary incontinence during the COVID-19 pandemic, in Jeddah city.
Methods:
Randomised control trial was conducted on 26 postpartum women aged 25–40 years with mild or moderate grade stress urinary incontinence and a body mass index (BMI) less than 30 kg/m2. Participants were randomly divided into two equal groups (A & B). Group A performed home-based core exercises and pelvic floor muscle training for twenty-four sessions three times weekly for eight weeks; each session lasted 30 minutes. Group B performed home-based PFMT only. The assessment of pelvic floor muscles (PFMs) was measured with the Modified Oxford Grading Scale, while the 1-hour pad test and International Consolation on Incontinence questionnaire-short form (ICIQ UI- SF) total score served to assess incontinence severity before and after treatment.
Results:
The results showed a significant improvement in PFMs strength and endurance in both groups and there was a highly significant difference between groups, favouring the study group (A). There was a highly significant difference between the groups in the 1-hour pad test and ICIQ-SF total score, favouring the study group (A).
Conclusions:
Home-based core exercises for postpartum SUI women were an effective method to improve PFMs strength and endurance and minimise SUI symptoms.
Introduction. Postpartum stress urinary incontinence affects many women worldwide; it may exist during pregnancy or postpartum with a risk of permanence increasing five years later. This study aimed to determine the effect of home-based core exercises on postpartum stress urinary incontinence during the COVID-19 pandemic, in Jeddah city.
Methods:
Randomised control trial was conducted on 26 postpartum women aged 25–40 years with mild or moderate grade stress urinary incontinence and a body mass index (BMI) less than 30 kg/m2. Participants were randomly divided into two equal groups (A & B). Group A performed home-based core exercises and pelvic floor muscle training for twenty-four sessions three times weekly for eight weeks; each session lasted 30 minutes. Group B performed home-based PFMT only. The assessment of pelvic floor muscles (PFMs) was measured with the Modified Oxford Grading Scale, while the 1-hour pad test and International Consolation on Incontinence questionnaire-short form (ICIQ UI- SF) total score served to assess incontinence severity before and after treatment.
Results:
The results showed a significant improvement in PFMs strength and endurance in both groups and there was a highly significant difference between groups, favouring the study group (A). There was a highly significant difference between the groups in the 1-hour pad test and ICIQ-SF total score, favouring the study group (A).
Conclusions:
Home-based core exercises for postpartum SUI women were an effective method to improve PFMs strength and endurance and minimise SUI symptoms.
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