Effects of self-care for strengthening pelvic floor muscles for prevention or improvement of stress urinary incontinence in postpartum / middle-aged women

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K15858
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Lifelong developmental nursing
• Research Institution: Kanagawa University of Human Services
• Principal Investigator: MURAKAMI AKEMI 神奈川県立保健福祉大学, 保健福祉学部, 教授 (10279903)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 尿失禁 / セルフケア / 産後女性 / 中高年女性

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this study is to clarify effects of self-care for strengthening pelvic floor muscles for prevention or improvement of stress urinary incontinence in postpartum / middle-aged women.
The subjects are 30 postpartum women and 30 middle - aged women. There are two kinds of self-care. One is daily vaginal pressure measurement, and the other is acupress stimulation and daily vaginal pressure measurement. The subjects were assigned to four groups of 15 people. The four are groupA: postpartum vaginal pressure, groupB: postpartum acupress stimulations & vaginal pressure, groupC: middle-aged vaginal pressure, and groupD: middle-aged acupress stimulations & vaginal pressure.
2 out of 7 in group A, 3 out of 9 in group B, recognized vaginal pressure rise in two months. 3 out of 10 in group C, 4 out of 12 in group D, recognized vaginal pressure rise in two months.

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