Association of eating behavior with symptoms of pelvic floor disorders in middle-aged women: An observational study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Estrogen deficiency during menopause, aging, reproductive history, and factors increasing intra-abdominal pressure may lead to structural and functional failure in the pelvic floor. Lifestyle choices, such as eating behavior, may contribute to pelvic floor disorders.

Objectives

The objective of the study was to investigate associations of eating behavior with symptoms of pelvic floor disorders, that is, stress urinary incontinence, urgency urinary incontinence, fecal incontinence, and constipation or defecation difficulties among middle-aged women.

Design

A cross-sectional, observational study was performed using a population sample of 1098 Finnish women aged 47-55 years.

Methods

Eating behavior, food consumption frequency, demographical, gynecologic

SUBMITTER: Kuutti MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11632885 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature