Antenatal pelvic floor muscle training vs control: Urinary incontinence mid‐postnatal period (> 3‐6 months)
Antenatal pelvic floor muscle training showed no clear difference in urinary incontinence mid‐postnatal period(> 3‐6 months) compared with control (low certainty).
What each review found
Current versions only| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Antenatal pelvic floor muscle training vs control Urinary incontinence mid‐postnatal period(> 3‐6 months) · pregnant women who were incontinent when randomised Antenatal pelvic floor muscle training showed no clear difference in urinary incontinence mid‐postnatal period(> 3‐6 months) compared with control (low certainty). Pelvic floor muscle training for preventing and treating urinary and faecal incontinence in antenatal and… (2020) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 0.94 [0.7, 1.24] | 1 study · 187 participants | Low |
Antenatal pelvic floor muscle training vs control Urinary incontinence mid‐postnatal period (> 3‐6 months) · pregnant women who were incontinent when randomised It is very uncertain whether antenatal pelvic floor muscle training changes urinary incontinence mid‐postnatal period (> 3‐6 months) compared with control (very low certainty). Pelvic floor muscle training for preventing and treating urinary and faecal incontinence in antenatal and… (2017) · Cochrane Headline outcomes onlyearlier version CD007471.PUB3, superseded | RR 0.94 [0.7, 1.24] | 1 study · 187 participants | Very low |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pelvic floor muscle training for preventing and treating urinary and faecal incontinence in antenatal and postnatal women 2020 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | Not reported | list not extracted yet | Not assessed |
Studies behind the findings
None of these reviews ties its included studies to this outcome in the data here. Cochrane reviews and reviews with headline outcomes only do not list their studies yet.
How reviews are matched to this question
Reviews word the same question differently. Four decision models (TypeSafe's Jev, Liquid AI's d1-ultra, SubQ Snap and Baseten's Elephant) judged each wording of the population, intervention, comparator and outcome against the others; two wordings count as the same when at least three of them agree and none clearly disagrees, and findings count as this question only when all four elements match. Timing, setting and subgroup never split a question: they are shown on each finding.