Effectiveness of App-Based Versus Supervised Pelvic Floor Muscle Training for Women with Urinary Incontinence: A Single Blind Study
1Keerthana R; 2Suriya N; 3Kamalakannan M; 4Mohammed Munvar RBackground: This study aim is to determine the effects of app-based PFMT vs Physiotherapist supervised PFMT for women with urinary incontinence. This study includes a group of 76 women with urinary incontinence. Urinary incontinence is characterized by the leaking of urine involuntarily, and its common condition affecting the daily life activity of women worldwide. The first conservative care is pelvic floor muscle training given by a physiotherapist, but in this technology world app-based interventions have become the alternative for clinical setting as it is convenient and accessible anywhere and at any time. Materials and Methods: A study was conducted in Saveetha Medical College Hospital in the district of Chennai. Women with the age group of 20-30 who were clinically diagnosed with urinary incontinence were included. All the participants were randomly divided into two group, Experimental group underwent app-based PFMT and Control group underwent physiotherapist supervised PFMT. All the participants were analysed by using ICIQ - FLUTS Tamil questionnaire. Results: Urinary incontinence has been Significantly improved after 6 weeks of intervention in both groups. The app-based PFMT group has significantly improvement in voiding and incontinence symptoms in voiding and incontinence than the physiotherapist supervised PFMT group. Conclusion: This study concludes that the app-based PFMT can show long term results in improving urinary incontinence in women than supervised physiotherapist PFMT.