Knowledge of pelvic floor muscles in community-dwelling women aged over 60: its relationship with urinary incontinence
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Tarih
2024
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Springer
Erişim Hakkı
info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
Özet
Purpose To investigate the awareness of the pelvic floor muscles (PFMs) and PFM exercises (PFME) knowledge, training and experience in community-dwelling women aged 60 and over and its relationship with urinary incontinence (UI). Methods This is a questionnaire based study which was carried out in 9 Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Centers, including a total of 500 women aged 60 and over and living in the community. The questionnaire included questions about awareness of PFMs, UI complaints and PFME knowledge, training and experience. Knowledge and awareness of PFMs and PFME knowledge, training and experience were compared in subgroups with or without urinary incontinence. Results The mean age of the women included in the study was 67.8 +/- 6.1 (60-88). Knowledge and awareness of PFMs and PFME knowledge, training and experience were low in the study population. Knowledge and awareness of PFMs were significantly low in the subgroup with urinary incontinence (p < 0.05). Kegel exercise training and experience were significantly low in the subgroup without urinary incontinence (p = 0.01, p < 0.01). Conclusion Knowledge and awareness of PFMs and PFME knowledge, training and experience are low in community-dwelling women aged 60 and over and training programs should be organized to teach the function of the PFMs and to perform PFME correctly in this population.
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Anahtar Kelimeler
Awareness, Female, Knowledge, Pelvic floor muscle exercises, Pelvic floor muscles, Urinary incontinence
Kaynak
European Geriatric Medicine
WoS Q Değeri
Q2
Scopus Q Değeri
Q1
Cilt
16
Sayı
1
Künye
Akkoç, Y., Yıldız, N., Yılmaz, B., Ersöz, M., Bardak, A. N., Erhan, B., Köklü, K., Tunç, H., Paker, N., Özlü, A., Kanyilmaz, S., Koyuncu, E., Alemdaroğlu, E., Alkan, H., Yumuşakhuylu, Y., Selbes, E. C., Yıldız, E., Korkmaz, N., Özişler, Z., . . . Canbulat, A. T. (2025). Knowledge of pelvic floor muscles in community-dwelling women aged over 60: Its relationship with urinary incontinence. European Geriatric Medicine, 16(1), 317-323.
