Função do assoalho pélvico e qualidade de vida em mulheres na pós-menopausa com e sem disfunção do assoalho pélvico

• Ano de defesa: 2016
• Autor(a) principal: Frota, Isabella Parente Ribeiro
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Palavras-chave em Português: Incontinência Urinária; Diafragma da Pelve; Qualidade de Vida
• Link de acesso: http://www.repositorio.ufc.br/handle/riufc/15464

Objective: this study aims to compare pelvic floor muscle (PFM) function in post-menopause women with pelvic floor dysfunction (PFD) versus women without PFD and the relationship between PFM function and quality of life (QoL). Design: a case-control study. Methods: Two hundred sixteen post-menopause women with (n: 126) and without PFD (n: 90) were enrolled. Measurement of PFM function was performed by digital vaginal palpation (PERFECT scale) included: voluntary PFM contraction, PFM strength (Modified Oxford Grading Scale 0-5), PFM endurance and repetition. Oxford scale were compared on specific QoL using King’ Health Questionnaire (KHQ) for women with UI and prolapse quality-of-life (PQoL) for women with POP. We analyzed women with PFD into two categories according to the value obtained for the Power (from PERFECT scale): women with Power ≤2 or ≥ 3 using a Qui Square test. A general QoL using SF- 36 was used to compare women with and without PFD with a T-test, (p value ≤ 0. 05 was considered for significance). Results: The subjects were 58.0 ± 9.0 years of age, parity 3.7+3.5. Women with PFD had urinary stress incontinence (UI), n: 44; pelvic organ prolapse (POP), n: 21; UI+POP, n: 61. Modified Oxford Grading Scale had a median value 2 (0-5) in all women studied without statistical difference between groups with or without PFD. Most of the women studied had insufficient strength, reduced endurance (p=0.428) and repetition (p= 0.721) in both groups. Further, we analyzed the perineal awareness according to the absence (Power =0) or presence (Power> 1) of perceptible contraction. Again, no differences were observed between the case and control groups. When we analyzed the general QoL in all women using SF-36, we found statistically significant difference between women with and without PFD in all domains (p≤0.05). We found statistically significant difference only for perception of general health domain of KHQ (p= 0.007). No association was found between pelvic floor function and P-QoL domains. Conclusions: PFM strength was similar in women with and without PFD which suggests that there are other factors related to PFD development. General QoL is worse in women with PFD. However PFM function was not related to specific QoL as assessed by KHQ and P-QoL in women with UI and POP, respectively.