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Physical therapy treatment in incontinent women provided by a Public Health Service

INTRODUCTION: Urinary incontinence affects more than 50 million people worldwide, it has a great impact on quality of life by affecting social, domestic, occupational and sex life, regardless of age. Objective: The objective of this study was to analyze the effectiveness of physical therapy treatmen...

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Published in:Fisioterapia em movimento 2011-06, Vol.24 (2), p.327-335
Main Authors: Toledo, Daniela D'Attilio, Dedicação, Anny Caroline, Saldanha, Maria Elisabete Salina, Haddad, Miriam, Driusso, Patricia
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Summary:INTRODUCTION: Urinary incontinence affects more than 50 million people worldwide, it has a great impact on quality of life by affecting social, domestic, occupational and sex life, regardless of age. Objective: The objective of this study was to analyze the effectiveness of physical therapy treatment in women attending the Urogynecology service of Hospital and Maternity Leonor Mendes de Barros. METHOD: We retrospectively assessed 65 records of patients with diagnosis of urinary incontinence treated between November 2005 and November 2006. In order to have their data analyzed, patients were divided into two groups; group MF, which underwent medical treatment and physiotherapy, and group M, which had only medical treatment. In order to compare both groups' quantitative data, the analysis was performed in Statistica® software using Mann Whitney's non-parametric test. The analysis of association between the quantitative variables was performed through the Chi-Square test at 5% (p > 0.05) significance level. RESULTS: We observed that 60.6% of patients who underwent physical therapy treatment and medical treatment had the urinary incontinence symptoms decreased or completely cured, while 80% of women belonging to the medical treatmen only-group underwent surgery. CONCLUSION: Thus, we conclude that physical therapy is essential in treatment protocols of urinary incontinence outpatient clinics and to prevent surgery. INTRODUÇÃO: A incontinência urinária afeta mais de 50 milhões de pessoas em todo o mundo, apresenta um grande impacto na qualidade de vida, afetando a vida social, doméstica, profissional e sexual, independente da idade. OBJETIVO: O objetivo deste estudo foi analisar a eficácia do tratamento fisioterapêutico em mulheres atendidas pelo serviço de Uroginecologia do Hospital e Maternidade Leonor Mendes de Barros. MÉTODO: Foram avaliadas retrospectivamente 65 prontuários de pacientes com diagnóstico de incontinência urinária atendidos entre novembro 2005 e novembro de 2006. A fim de ter seus dados analisados, as pacientes foram divididos em dois grupos: grupo MF, formado por pacientes submetidas a tratamento médico e fisioterapêutico e grupo M, que submeterem-se à tratamento médico. A análise foi realizada no programa Statistica®, por meio de teste não paramétrico de Mainn Withney, para a comparação dos dados quantitativos entre os dois grupos. Para a análise da associação entre as variáveis quantitativas foi utilizado o teste Qui-Quadrado, adotando-se ní
ISSN:0103-5150
1980-5918
0103-5150
DOI:10.1590/S0103-51502011000200014