Impact of pelvic floor muscle training on the quality of life in women with urinary incontinence

Quality of Life in Women with Stage 1 Stress Urinary Incontinence after Application of Conservative Treatment—A Randomized Trial

“…Similar findings were previously reported by Fitz et al [35] who compared QoL in 36 women (mean age 55.2 ± 9 years) prior to and after the implementation of PFM training. Additionally, in this study, PFM training contributed to a significant improvement in all QoL domains.…”

The Efficiency of Physiotherapy on the Quality of Life of Women Bearers of Urinary Incontinence

“…Results are seen in the study of Fitz et al [31], which evaluated the impact of the pelvic floor muscles training on the quality of life of women with SUI by the King's Health Questionnaire (KHQ), urination diary and after three months of treatment. It was stated in the study a significant decrease of the scores average in the areas evaluated by the questionnaire and a significant increase in the muscular endurance and strength which led to an improvement to the quality of life of women with SUI.…”

“…As stated by Fitz [31], although UI doesn't put the afflicted lives directly at risk, there is a consensus that the fact that it may negatively affect the quality of life in many aspects, social, physical, personal or sexual. Through this study it may be noticed an improvement in the analyzed variables, being important clinically, although we don't have a statistical significance, what may have occurred due to the small number of the sample.…”

<b>Cinesioterapia e eletroestimulação na incontinência urinária feminina/ Kinesiotherapy and electrostimulation in female urinary incontinence<b>

“…Para avaliar a QV da pessoa acometida, aplicouse o KHQ, antes e após o desenvolvimento dos tratamentos fisioterapêuticos. Esse questionário engloba tanto os aspectos objetivos de doença como os subjetivos, com vistas a examinar os impactos que a IU causa na QV das mulheres (9) . É composto por 30 perguntas, arranjadas em nove domínios: percepção da saúde (D1), impacto da IU (D2), limitações no desempenho das tarefas (D3), limitações físicas (D4), limitações sociais (D5), relacionamento pessoal (D6), emoções (D7), sono/energia (D8) e gravidade (D9).…”

“…Para as respostas, são atribuídos valores numéricos somados e avaliados por domínios, numa escala de 0 a 100, em que 0 = não/não se aplica; 1 = um pouco/às vezes; 2 = mais ou menos/várias vezes; 3 = muito/sempre. Quanto maior a pontuação, pior é a QV do sujeito (9)(10) . Já a avaliação da força da musculatura do assoalho da pelve foi realizada por meio do perineômetro digital (fabricante Kroman -TIU KG 40; São Paulo).…”