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Randomized Controlled Trial
. 2020 Jul 2:2020:1205281.
doi: 10.1155/2020/1205281. eCollection 2020.

The Effect of Selected Exercise Programs on the Quality of Life in Women with Grade 1 Stress Urinary Incontinence and Its Relationship with Various Body Mass Indices: A Randomized Trial

Magdalena Ptak  1 , Sylwester Ciećwież  2 , Agnieszka Brodowska  1 , Aleksandra Szylińska  2 , Andrzej Starczewski  2 , Iwona Rotter  1
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Randomized Controlled Trial

The Effect of Selected Exercise Programs on the Quality of Life in Women with Grade 1 Stress Urinary Incontinence and Its Relationship with Various Body Mass Indices: A Randomized Trial

Magdalena Ptak et al. Biomed Res Int. .

Abstract

Aims: The aim of the study was to analyze the influence gymnastics has on the quality of life (QOL) in women with grade 1 stress urinary incontinence (SUI) and to determine the relationship between the outcome and selected body weight indices: body mass index (BMI) and waist-to-hip ratio (WHR).

Methods: A randomized study of 140 women (45-60 years) with grade 1 SUI. The subjects were randomly assigned to a 3-month training for pelvic floor muscles and a transverse abdominal muscle (PFM + TrA, n = 70) or PFM alone (n = 70). The QOL was determined with the questionnaire International Consultation on Incontinence Modular Questionnaire-Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms Quality of Life (ICIQ LUTS QOL), before and after the program.

Results: Women with BMI < 30 kg/m2 benefited more from the PFM + TrA program with respect to physical limitations and embarrassment domains, whereas patients with a gynoid body type (WHR < 0.8) benefited more in terms of physical and social limitations, SUI-evoked emotions, severity measures, and embarrassment domains.

Conclusions: After the PFM + TrA training, women with WHR < 0.8 had a better QOL than those with WHR > 0.8.

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The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.

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CONSORT diagram of the study [11]
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