The effectiveness of post-partum interventions to prevent urinary incontinence: a systematic review.

Autor: Saboia DM; Universidade Federal do Ceará. Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil., Bezerra KC; Universidade Federal do Ceará. Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil., Vasconcelos Neto JA; Secretaria Estadual de Saúde, Hospital Geral de Fortaleza. Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil., Bezerra LRPS; Universidade Federal do Ceará. Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil., Oriá MOB; Universidade Federal do Ceará. Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil., Vasconcelos CTM; Universidade Federal do Ceará. Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil.
Jazyk: English; Portuguese
Zdroj: Revista brasileira de enfermagem [Rev Bras Enferm] 2018; Vol. 71 (suppl 3), pp. 1460-1468.
DOI: 10.1590/0034-7167-2017-0338
Abstrakt: Objective: to assess the effectiveness of post-partum interventions to prevent urinary incontinence: a systematic review.
Method: systematic review of randomized controlled studies conducted in the MEDLINE, Cochrane, Scopus and the Virtual Library on Health (Biblioteca Virtual em Saúde, BVS) databases.
Results: six articles were included in this review. All studies used the Pelvic Floor Muscle Training as the main procedure to prevent urinary incontinence. The results pointed to a positive and effective intervention in the post-partum period.
Conclusion: there is evidence that programs of exercise of the pelvic floor musculature performed both in the immediate and late post-partum result in a significant increase in muscle strength and contribute to prevent urinary incontinence.
Databáze: MEDLINE