Digital Technologies for Women's Pelvic Floor Muscle Training to Manage Urinary Incontinence Across Their Life Course: Scoping Review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Women with urinary incontinence (UI) may consider using digital technologies (DTs) to guide pelvic floor muscle training (PFMT) to help manage their symptoms. DTs that deliver PFMT programs are readily available, yet uncertainty exists regarding whether they are scientifically valid, appropriate, and culturally relevant and meet the needs of women at specific life stages.

Objective

This scoping review aims to provide a narrative synthesis of DTs used for PFMT to manage UI in women across their life course.

Methods

This scoping review was conducted in accordance with the Joanna Briggs Institute methodological framework. A systematic search of 7 electronic databases was conducted, and primary quantitative and qualitative research and gray literature publicati

SUBMITTER: Woodley SJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10357376 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature