Trajectories of Pelvic Floor Symptoms and Support After Vaginal Delivery in Primiparous Women Between Third Trimester and 1 Year Postpartum.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The objectives of this study were to describe trajectories of pelvic floor symptoms and support from the third trimester to 1 year postpartum in primiparous women after vaginal delivery and to explore factors associated with their resolution between 8 weeks postpartum and 1 year postpartum.

Methods

Five hundred ninety-seven nulliparous women 18 years or older who gave birth vaginally at term completed the Epidemiology of Prolapse and Incontinence Questionnaire and the Pelvic Organ Prolapse Quantification examination at the third trimester, 8 weeks postpartum, and 1 year postpartum.

Results

At 1 year postpartum, 41%, 32%, and 23% of participants reported stress urinary incontinence, nocturia, and flatus incontinence, respectively, and 9% demonstrated maximal

SUBMITTER: Hill AJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9037832 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature