Pelvic floor muscle strength in women with pelvic dysfunction complaint
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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 possibilited 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.
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