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Effect of pelvic floor muscle exercise with postural advice on improving quality of life among pregnant mothers in bangladesh: a randomized controlled trial.
- Source :
- Discover Public Health; 9/19/2024, Vol. 21 Issue 1, p1-9, 9p
- Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- Background: Pelvic floor muscle exercise has gained recognition as a valuable adjunct for promoting maternal well-being and optimizing childbirth outcomes. This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of pelvic floor muscle exercise in enhancing the likelihood of improving quality of life pregnant mothers in Bangladesh. Methods/Design: This was a randomized controlled trial in which 66 pregnant womenwere divided into control and intervention groups. The control group received conventional treatment, while the intervention group received the Pelvic Floor Muscles Exercise program with a posture explaining booklet. Both groups received supervised 30-min sessions five days a week for six weeks. The WHOQOL-BREF questionnaire measured pregnancy health and quality of life. Both descriptive (median and inter quartile range, IQR) and inferential statistics (Mann–whitney U test and Wilcoxon signed- ranked test) used to analyse the data by SPSS 25.0 software with 95% Confidence interval. Results: The intervention group mothers averaged gestional age was 32.4 (31.7 to 35.2) weeks, while the control group averaged 32.7 (32.3 to 36.2) weeks. According to the intergroup analysis, both groups had significantly improved health-related quality of life (p < 0.05). According to the intragroup analysis, participants who received pelvic floor muscle exercise with postural advice had better outcomes than did those who received only usual care with postural advice (p < 0.05). Conclusion: Pelvic floor muscle exercise may improve quality of life and the risk of vaginal birth. Healthcare professionals should include pelvic floor muscle exercises in standard prenatal care to help expectant mothers achieve positive childbirth and reduce postnatal problems. Trial registration: Clinical Trial Registry of India: (CTRI/2023/10/059091) (Date: 25/10/2023). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- EXERCISE physiology
STATISTICAL power analysis
SCALE analysis (Psychology)
EFFECT sizes (Statistics)
HEALTH status indicators
DATA analysis
KEGEL exercises
STATISTICAL sampling
SAMPLE size (Statistics)
HUMAN research subjects
QUESTIONNAIRES
PREGNANT women
RANDOMIZED controlled trials
MANN Whitney U Test
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
LONGITUDINAL method
QUALITY of life
GESTATIONAL age
STATISTICS
POSTURE
SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC factors
DATA analysis software
COMPARATIVE studies
TIME
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 30050774
- Volume :
- 21
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Discover Public Health
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 179739994
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12982-024-00221-x