Pelvic floor muscle training for female urinary incontinence: development of a programme theory from a longitudinal qualitative case study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Urinary incontinence (UI) negatively affects the well-being of women globally. Pelvic Floor Muscle Training (PFMT) is a complex intervention that aims to decrease UI symptoms. Information about how the multiple complex components involved in PFMT achieve and maintain the desired effect are rarely studied as a whole. The evidence base lacks data about how women experience PFMT over time and in the longer-term. This study explored women's experiences of biofeedback-assisted PFMT and PFMT alone, to identify and understand what influenced self-reported adherence to PFMT, and UI outcomes over time.

Methods

This rigorous longitudinal qualitative case study, nested within a randomised controlled trial, recruited forty cases (women with stress or mixed UI; 20 in biofeedba

SUBMITTER: Bugge C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11365274 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature