Pelvic floor disorders among indigenous women living in Xingu Indian Park, Brazil.
OBJECTIVE
Current assessment for pelvic floor disorders (PFDs) allows comparison between different communities.


METHODS
A total of 377 indigenous women living in Xingu Indian Park were evaluated. The pelvic organ prolapse quantification (POP-Q) was the system used to quantification the staging of pelvic support. The pelvic floor muscle strength was assessed by a perineometer. Logistic regression analysis was used to determine risk factors that were associated with prolapse.


RESULTS
Only 5.8% of women reported urinary incontinence. The overall distribution of POP-Q stage system was the following: 15.6% stage 0, 19.4% stage I, 63.9% stage II and 0.8% stage III. Parity and age were the risk factors for pelvic organ prolapse (p < 0.0001).


CONCLUSIONS
Urinary incontinence was uncommon in Xingu indigenous women. Like non-indigenous communities, age and parity were the most important risk factors to the genital prolapse.
de Araujo
Maíta Poli
MP
dramaita@gmail.com
Takano
Claudia Cristina
CC
Girão
Manoel João Batista Castello
MJ
Sartori
Marair Gracio Ferreira
MG
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007199:Indians, South American; D008875:Middle Aged; D036801:Parturition; D010808:Physical Examination; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D014549:Urinary Incontinence / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000208:ethnology*; D014596:Uterine Prolapse / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000208:ethnology*; D055815:Young Adult