Trial reportInternational urogynecology journal2016
Lifestyle advice with or without pelvic floor muscle training for pelvic organ prolapse: a randomized controlled trial.
Trial report in International urogynecology journal, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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12 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Pelvic floor muscle training for pelvic organ prolapse: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.BMC urology · 2026Pooled it
- The effect of pelvic floor muscle training for women with pelvic organ prolapse: a meta-analysis.International urogynecology journal · 2022Pooled it
- Completeness of exercise reporting among randomized controlled trials on pelvic floor muscle training for women with pelvic organ prolapse: A systematic review.Neurourology and urodynamics · 2021Pooled it
- The effect of a self-care application on the quality of life of women with pelvic organ prolapse: a randomized controlled trial.BMC women's health · 2025Trial
- Unveiling the depths of pelvic organ prolapse: From risk factors to therapeutic methods (Review).Experimental and therapeutic medicine · 2025Review
- Effect of structured pelvic floor muscle training on pelvic floor muscle contraction and treatment of pelvic organ prolapse in postpartum women: ultrasound and clinical evaluations.Archives of gynecology and obstetrics · 2024Article
- Quality of Life after Treatment for Pelvic Organ Prolapse in Real-World Study: Recommendations, Vaginal Pessary, and Surgery.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2024Observational
- Pelvic floor muscle training in women with urinary incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse: A protocol study.PloS one · 2024Article
- Effect of pelvic floor muscle training on female sexual function: A systematic review protocol and meta-analysis.Nursing open · 2023Article
- International urogynecology consultation chapter 3 committee 2; conservative treatment of patient with pelvic organ prolapse: Pelvic floor muscle training.International urogynecology journal · 2022Review
- Effects of Pelvic-Floor Muscle Training in Patients with Pelvic Organ Prolapse Approached with Surgery vs. Conservative Treatment: A Systematic Review.Journal of personalized medicine · 2022Review
- Female pelvic floor dysfunction questionnaires: the modern Tower of Babel?International urogynecology journal · 2020Article
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Abstract
introduction and hypothesisWe evaluated the effect of adding pelvic floor muscle training (PFMT) to a structured lifestyle advice program.
methodsThis was a single-blinded randomized trial of women with symptomatic pelvic organ prolapse (POP) stage ≥ II. Participants were randomized to a structured lifestyle advice program with or without PFMT. Both groups received similar lifestyle advice in six separate group sessions. The combined group performed group PFMT after an individual assessment. Primary outcome was a global improvement scale at six-month follow-up. Secondary outcomes were the global scale and objective POP at three-month follow-up, symptoms and quality of life including sexuality, at three and six-month follow-up. A clinically relevant change of symptoms was defined as ≥ 15 %.
resultsWe included 109 women. Eighty-nine women (82 %) completed three months follow-up; 85 (78 %) completed six-month follow-up. At both follow-ups, significantly more women in the combined group reported improvement in the global scale. At the three-month follow-up, the combined group only had significant improvement of POP symptoms while only the lifestyle advice group had significant improvement of quality of life. Change in objective POP and sexuality was nonsignificant. The symptom score improved 17 % in the combined group and 14 % in the lifestyle advice group (P = 0.57). Significantly more women in the lifestyle advice group had sought further treatment at the six-month follow-up.
conclusionAdding PFMT to a structured lifestyle advice program gave superior results in a global scale and for POP symptoms. Overall effect of either intervention barely reached clinical relevance.
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