Effect ofcontinuous pelvic floor muscle training during pregnancy on delivery outcome: a Meta- analysis / 中国实用护理杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To evaluate effect of continuous pelvic floor muscle training(PFMT) during pregnancy on delivery outcome, and to provide reference for clinical nursing work. Methods By searching database, the literature about continuous PFMT during pregnancy on delivery outcome were included,then EndNote was used to check the literature and RevMan5.2 was applied for Meta-analysis of the literature which met the inclusion criteria. Results A total of 11 papers were included. Meta-analysis showed that continuous PFMT during pregnancy can reduce lateral perineal resection rate (OR=0.66, 95%CI 0.48-0.89), increase rate of natural childbirth (OR=1.70, 95%CI 1.32-2.19) and promote progress of the first (MD=-0.52, 95%CI-0.92--0.12) and second (MD=-0.18, 95%CI-0.30--0.06) stage of labor. The intervention group shortened the first and the second stage of labor for 0.18h and 0.52h compared with the control group respectively. Conclusions Continuous PFMT during pregnancy can improve natural delivery rate, reduce the incidence of perineal side incision and shorten the time of labor, it is worthy of being promoted in clinical practice.