The Prevalence of Urinary Incontinence, Knowledge and Practice of Pelvic Floor Muscle Training Among Female Recruits in Basic Training.
Urology
; 191: 57-63, 2024 Sep.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-39025237
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To describe the prevalence, and severity of urinary incontinence (UI) among female recruits during basic training and their knowledge and practice of pelvic floor muscle training (PFMT). Furthermore, to determine if there is a relationship between the severity of UI and PFMT knowledge and practice.METHODS:
This correlational study utilized a demographic and health questionnaire, a UI questionnaire (International Consultation on Incontinence Questionnaire Short Form [ICIQ-SF]), and a PFMT questionnaire-Short version of the Patient-reported Outcome Measures [PFMT-P]).RESULTS:
The study included 349 female recruits with a mean age of 18.17 ( ± 0.390). The prevalence of UI was 26.7%, with a low mean of 2.03 ( ± 3.893) on the ICIQ-SF. PFMT knowledge level was moderate, 1.46 ( ± 0.790), and the mean practice of PFMT was low, 2.51( ± 1.180). No significant correlation was found between the ICIQ-SF score and the level of knowledge, rs = -0.09, P = .092. There was a weak but significant correlation between the ICIQ-SF score and PFMT practice, rs = 0.170, P= .003.CONCLUSION:
A little more than a quarter of the female recruits reported UI with a low severity. A relationship was found between UI and PFMT practice.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Urinary Incontinence
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Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
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Pelvic Floor
Limits:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Female
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Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
Urology
Year:
2024
Document type:
Article
Country of publication:
United States