Effectiveness of Telerehabilitation on Pelvic Floor Dysfunction at Postpartum Woman
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexFemale
Age18-45
SponsorAnkara Etlik City Hospital
About this trial
These events are largely due to pelvic floor dysfunction that develops after pregnancy. Kegel exercises and core stabilisation exercises performed in the postpartum period are important in preventing pelvic floor dysfunction. However, considering the mother's adaptation process to both the baby and her new life in the postpartum period, there may be problems with exercise compliance. Increasing exercise compliance through telerehabilitation can be effective in preventing pelvic floor dysfunction and improving women's quality of life.
Eligibility criteria
This trial does not accept healthy volunteersQualifiers
Aged between 18 and 45
Primiparous women
Term vaginal delivery
6 weeks postpartum
Disqualifiers
Presence of faecal or urinary incontinence prior to pregnancy
Use of assisted delivery devices (vacuum, forceps)
Presence of neurological disease
Presence of psychiatric illness or cognitive problems that make it difficult to answer questions
Trial design
Design model
Parallel
Treatments tested in this trial
Pelvic floor exercises with telerehabilitation
Other interventionPatients in the telerehabilitation group will be assigned the same 8-week exercise programme as those in the conventional group to be carried out at home. Unlike the conventional group, patients in the telerehabilitation group will be contacted by telephone each week throughout the exercise programme to check their adherence to the programme, to ask if they have encountered any problems with the exercise programme, and to answer any questions they may have.
Pelvic floor exercises without telerehabilitation
Other interventionAn 8-week exercise programme consisting of 45-minute Kegel exercises and core stabilisation exercises per day will be provided for implementation at home in the conventional group.
Treatment groups
60 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groupsGroup A: Telerehabilitation groupExperimental treatment 1 intervention
Group B: Conventional groupActive comparator 1 intervention
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
1
Pelvic floor muscle strength assessment
Pelvic floor muscle strength assessment using the SineBravo 2-channel EMG Biofeedback device
Time frame
Before exercises programme and 8th week of exercises programmeSecondary outcomes
1
Measurement of the distance between the inferior edge of the pubic symphysis and the anteromedial edge of the puborectalis muscle using transperineal ultrasound
Time frame
Before exercises programme and 8th week of exercises programme2
Pelvic floor questionnaire for pregnant and postpartum women
Time frame
Before exercises programme and 8th week of exercises programme3
Female Sexual Function Index
Time frame
Before exercises programme and 8th week of exercises programmeSponsors and contacts
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Source ClinicalTrials.gov