Evolution of female urinary continence after physical therapy and associated factors.
BACKGROUND
Urinary incontinence (UI) is defined as any involuntary loss of urine that can influence the quality of life, personal hygiene and social interaction. The types of UI that most affect women are stress urinary incontinence, urge incontinence and mixed urinary incontinence. There are several risk factors that result in specific treatments. We aimed to investigate the evolution of female urinary continence after physical therapy intervention and its associated factors.


METHODS
A retrospective cross-sectional study was conducted with 71 participants who were discharged from physiotherapy sector from August 2006 to April 2012 and met the inclusion criteria.


RESULTS
Among the studied variables, the number of sessions and completion of home pelvic floor exercises showed a significant association. The urinary continence appeared in 43.7% of the cases, and factors, performance of home exercises, and number of sessions showed a significant association.


CONCLUSIONS
The number of sessions and completion of home pelvic floor exercises showed a significant relationship with each other.
Post Graduate Program in Women's Health, USP, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Caroline Baldini
CB
Prudencio
Post Graduate Program in Functional Rehabilitation of Posture and Movement, USP, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Guilherme Thomaz de Aquino
GT
Nava
Post Graduate Program in Physiotherapy, Faculty of Sciences and Technology, UNESP, Presidente Prudente, SP, Brazil.
Marco Aurélio
MA
Cardoso
Departament of Physical Therapy and Ocuppational Therapy, Faculty of Philosophy Sciences, UNESP, Av. Hygino Muzzi Filho 747 Marília, SP, Brazil.
Rafaela Bresciani
RB
Marreto
Departament of Physical Therapy and Ocuppational Therapy, Faculty of Philosophy Sciences, UNESP, Av. Hygino Muzzi Filho 747 Marília, SP, Brazil.
Erica Almeida
EA
Sousa
Post Graduate Program in Physiotherapy, Faculty of Sciences and Technology, UNESP, Presidente Prudente, SP, Brazil.
Vitor E
VE
Valenti
Post Graduate Program in Women's Health, USP, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Angélica Mércia Pascon
AM
Barbosa
Patient outcome assessment; Urinary incontinence; Urogynecology; Women’s health