Pregnant women's awareness, knowledge and beliefs about pelvic floor muscles: a cross-sectional survey

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العنوان: Pregnant women's awareness, knowledge and beliefs about pelvic floor muscles: a cross-sectional survey
المؤلفون: Richard G. Berlach, Steven M. McPhail, Anne-Marie Hill, Judith M. Wilson
المصدر: International urogynecology journal. 28(10)
سنة النشر: 2017
مصطلحات موضوعية: Adult, medicine.medical_specialty, Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice, Cross-sectional study, Urology, 030232 urology & nephrology, Urinary incontinence, Pelvic Floor Muscle, 03 medical and health sciences, Young Adult, 0302 clinical medicine, Prenatal Education, Pregnancy, Medicine, Humans, Response rate (survey), 030219 obstetrics & reproductive medicine, Pelvic floor, business.industry, Obstetrics, Attendance, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Pelvic Floor, medicine.disease, Exercise Therapy, medicine.anatomical_structure, Cross-Sectional Studies, Health education, Female, medicine.symptom, business
الوصف: Pregnant women benefit from completing pelvic floor muscle exercises (PFMEs). The aims of the study were to evaluate pregnant women’s levels of awareness, knowledge, and beliefs about the pelvic floor muscles (PFMs) and PFMEs. A cross-sectional survey was conducted. Respondents were pregnant women over the age of 18 years who attended antenatal clinics in Western Australia (WA). Questionnaire items measured awareness and knowledge about PFMs, confidence and beliefs about engaging in PFMEs, and attendance at antenatal education (ANE) classes. Chi-squared tests examined potential associations between questionnaire items and respondent characteristics. Mean gestation of respondents (n = 633 out of 850; 74% response rate) was 28.7 (+7.8) weeks and 50% were giving birth for the first time. Although 76% of respondents knew that PFMs can prevent urinary incontinence, only 27% knew that they prevented faecal incontinence and 41% thought it was normal to leak urine when pregnant. Only n = 72 (11%) were practicing PFMEs. Respondents who had attended ANE (28%) were significantly more knowledgeable about pelvic floor function (p
تدمد: 1433-3023
الوصول الحر: https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::66ab9f18a3725eacd8420fab31c4e381Test
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28293791Test
حقوق: OPEN
رقم الانضمام: edsair.doi.dedup.....66ab9f18a3725eacd8420fab31c4e381
قاعدة البيانات: OpenAIRE