PREVALENCE OF INCONTINENCE URINATION IN PREGNANT WOMEN

Abstract

According to the International Continence Society, urinary incontinence (UI) is the complaint of involuntary loss of urine. UI affects not only biological and physical aspects, but the entire psychosocial sphere of the individual who suffers from it, directly impairing their quality of life and even hygiene. On average 69% of pregnant women have UI, which can end up being understood after childbirth, remaining a framework of Stress Urinary Incontinence. The aim of this study was to identify the occurrence of UI in pregnant women, as well as their knowledge of information about the subject, in addition to access to treatment and the effects of physical therapy treatment of UI from the strengthening of the pelvic floor muscles (PFM) , based on reports of pregnant women who use primary health care, collected from a closed questionnaire, applied to 20 pregnant women, enabling a quantitative research, but with qualitative interpretation, identifying that about 65% of pregnant women presented UI and that access to treatment guidance is still invited, where 85% of the interviewees stated that they had not been instructed about treatment possibilities for UI. However, those who had access to physical therapy treatment had good results. All of this shows that even though the rate of UI in pregnant women is high, in fact physical therapy treatment can be a great help in this period and that they are awareness-raising activities and informational campaigns so that more pregnant women can access this service.