title: Pelvic floor muscle training effect on urinary incontinence knowledge, attitudes, and severity: an experimental study.
abstract: This study of Taiwanese women investigated effects of pelvic floor muscle training (PFMT) on urinary incontinence (UI) severity and on participants' knowledge and attitudes regarding UI and PFMT. Of 114 participants in a 4-h PFMT program, 55 suffering from UI completed 2 questionnaires, 1 before and 1 after the program. Among them, 78% reported experiencing UI under increased abdominal pressure, and 82% had suffered the condition for more than 1 year. Participants achieved reductions in UI severity after PFMT; and the program produced a significant difference in their knowledge about, though not in their attitudes toward, both UI and PFMT.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Carrington Hall, CB# 7460, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7460, USA. ymliao@email.unc.edu
authors.forename: Yuan-Mei
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Liao
authors.forename: Molly C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Dougherty
authors.forename: Yuh-Shu
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Liou
authors.forename: Ing-Jy
authors.initials: IJ
authors.lastname: Tseng
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001294:Attitude to Health / Q000208:ethnology; D015992:Body Mass Index; D004522:Educational Status; D005081:Exercise Therapy / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010298:Parity; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017773:Pelvic Floor; D010502:Perineum; D011247:Pregnancy; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013624:Taiwan; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014549:Urinary Incontinence / Q000208:ethnology / Q000534:rehabilitation; D014563:Urodynamics; D014930:Women / Q000193:education / Q000523:psychology