Knowledge of pelvic floor muscles in community-dwelling women aged over 60: its relationship with urinary incontinence

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2024年11月3日

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Yeşim Akkoç,
Necmettin Yıldız,
Bilge Yılmaz,
Murat Ersöz,
Ayşe Nur Bardak,
Belgin Erhan,
Kurtuluş Köklü,
Hakan Tunç,
Nurdan Paker,
Aysun Özlü,
Selcen Kanyilmaz,
Engin Koyuncu,
Ebru Alemdaroğlu,
Hakan Alkan,
Yasemin Yumuşakhuylu,
Esra Cansu Selbes,
Ezgi Yıldız,
Nurdan Korkmaz,
Zuhal Özişler,
Gökhan Yardımcı,
Meltem Güneş Akıncı,
Saadet Nur Sena Öztekin,
Tuğçe Aksungur,
Ahmet Tarık Canbulat

摘要

Purpose

To investigate the awareness of the pelvic floor muscles (PFMs) and PFM exercises (PFME) knowledge, training and experience in community-dwelling women aged 60 and over and its relationship with urinary incontinence (UI).

Methods

This is a questionnaire based study which was carried out in 9 Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Centers, including a total of 500 women aged 60 and over and living in the community. The questionnaire included questions about awareness of PFMs, UI complaints and PFME knowledge, training and experience. Knowledge and awareness of PFMs and PFME knowledge, training and experience were compared in subgroups with or without urinary incontinence.

Results

The mean age of the women included in the study was 67.8 ± 6.1 (60–88). Knowledge and awareness of PFMs and PFME knowledge, training and experience were low in the study population. Knowledge and awareness of PFMs were significantly low in the subgroup with urinary incontinence (p < 0.05). Kegel exercise training and experience were significantly low in the subgroup without urinary incontinence (p = 0.01, p < 0.01).

Conclusion

Knowledge and awareness of PFMs and PFME knowledge, training and experience are low in community-dwelling women aged 60 and over and training programs should be organized to teach the function of the PFMs and to perform PFME correctly in this population.