An exploration of the motivation of pregnant women to perform pelvic floor exercises using the revised theory of planned behaviour

Whitford, Heather; Jones, Martyn

doi:10.1111/j.2044-8287.2010.02013.x

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“…Another study by Whitford and Jones (2011) found that those women who performed PFME before and after a pregnancy were more likely to perform PFME in subsequent pregnancies. Whitford and Jones (2011) performed a longitudinal cohort study, in which 289 women were recruited.…”

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“…Whitford and Jones (2011) performed a longitudinal cohort study, in which 289 women were recruited. Longitudinal cohort studies allow the researcher to follow the same participants over a time period which helps to establish possible influences to specific conditions (Rees, 2011).…”

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“…However, attrition is a problem with longitudinal design. In Whitford and Jones (2011) study the sample originally consisted of 438 participants, which decreased by 44% to 247 due to factors such as delivering their baby. The follow up questionnaire was received from 163 women (37% of the original sample size).…”

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“…The follow up questionnaire was received from 163 women (37% of the original sample size). Despite attrition, Whitford and Jones (2011) identified that midwives need to stress the importance of pelvic floor exercises to primiparous women as this may influence whether or not they perform PFME in the future.…”

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Why is education for pelvic floor muscle exercises a neglected public health issue?

Dickinson

Briscoe

2017

British Journal of Midwifery

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Key Phrases Barriers exist for women surrounding Pelvic Floor Muscle Exercises (PFME) and there is a need to find innovative ways to engage women. Women expressed different perceptions about the anatomy of the pelvic floor, therefore more education is required. Women want more information from midwives, but midwives lack of confidence in providing education about PFME. Frequency and gestation should be standardised for PFME. Why are Pelvic Floor Muscle Exercises (PFME) a Neglected Public Health Issue? AbstractPelvic floor muscle exercises (PFME) positively impact on urinary stress incontinence and quality of life for women. A search was performed on Cochrane, Cinahl and Discover More. Delimiting the search provided 28 papers which informed this literature review. Differing methodology and small sample size of individual studies, variation in trainer and the design of PFME education limited the evidence base. Many barriers existed and women were disinterested with PFME or did not know the reasons for performing pelvic floor exercises. Those who were young, in their first pregnancy and from deprived areas were less likely to perform PFME, as they had no access to 2 information or believed they were not necessary. Midwives lacked confidence in their knowledge and suggested other professionals perform health promotion better. It is important to investigate how midwives influence education about PFME and women's perceptions. This paper concludes that new and creative methods of health promotion are needed to engage women with PFME more effectively.

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Why is education for pelvic floor muscle exercises a neglected public health issue?

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Briscoe

2017

British Journal of Midwifery

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“…It is clear that pelvic floor exercises are effective in the treatment of a variety of lower urinary tract dysfunctions including urge, stress, and postpartum incontinence [6][7][8][9]. While the association between excessive tightening or weakness of the pelvic floor muscles and lower urinary tract systems is being atempted to be described in the clinical literature [10], the specific mechanisms and pathways remain elusive [11].…”

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Citrate synthase, sarcoplasmic reticular calcium ATPase, and choline acetyltransferase activities of specific pelvic floor muscles of the rabbit

Spettel

Elias

et al. 2012

Mol Cell Biochem

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There is a clear relationship between the pelvic floor muscles and urinary systems, which relates to urgency, frequency, incontinence, pelvic pain, and bowel complaints. The specific mechanisms which relate these two systems are not clear. Improved understanding of the relation between the pelvic floor muscles and bladder function is clinically relevant in establishing effective treatments to such problems as incontinence, secondary to birth. The following tissues were collected from normal adult female rabbits: pubococcygeus (Pc) and ischiocavernosus/bulbospongiosus (Ic/Bs) pelvic floor muscles. Bladder body muscle and mucosa, bladder base muscle and mucosa, and leg skeletal muscle were also collected. The following enzymatic assays were performed on each tissue: citrate synthase (CS), sarcoplasmic-endoplasmic reticular ATPase (SERCA), and choline acetyltransferase (ChAT). CS and SERCA activities were significantly higher in the Pc compared with the Ic/Bs pelvic floor muscles, whereas the ChAT activity of the Ic/Bs was higher than that of the Pc muscle. Based on our results, the Pc muscle is expected to have a significantly greater capacity to contract and a higher metabolic activity than those of the Ic/Bs muscles. We believe that an understanding of the biochemical activities of these three biomarker enzymes in normal pelvic floor muscles is essential in evaluating the effects of specific experimental dysfunctions created in pelvic floor muscle activity.

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Conservative interventions for treating urinary incontinence in women: an Overview of Cochrane systematic reviews

Todhunter‐Brown

Hazelton

Campbell

et al. 2022

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

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An exploration of the motivation of pregnant women to perform pelvic floor exercises using the revised theory of planned behaviour

Abstract: Future compliance with pelvic floor exercises may be enhanced by effective instruction to enhance confidence in ability to contract the correct muscles and promotion of measures to help establish a habit of exercising the pelvic floor muscles.

Cited by 18 publications

References 39 publications

Why is education for pelvic floor muscle exercises a neglected public health issue?

Why is education for pelvic floor muscle exercises a neglected public health issue?

Citrate synthase, sarcoplasmic reticular calcium ATPase, and choline acetyltransferase activities of specific pelvic floor muscles of the rabbit

Conservative interventions for treating urinary incontinence in women: an Overview of Cochrane systematic reviews

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