The Effects of Pelvic Floor Muscle Exercise Combined with Core Stability Exercise on Women with Stress Urinary Incontinence following the Treatment of Nonspecific Chronic Low Back Pain
Table 1
Baseline characteristics of the respondents.
Variables
PFME + core stability group (mean; SD ±)
PFME group (mean; SD ±)
-value
Age (years)
41.00 (±9.07)
40.84 (±8.82)
0.684
BMI (kg/m2)
28.90 (±6.81)
27.20 (±6.02)
0.657
Level of exercise
1.96 (±0.84)
1.88 (±0.83)
0.902
Pad test at baseline (g)
10.36 (±4.29)
10.36 (±3.93)
0.513
VAS score (10 mm)
3.44 (±2.00)
3.76 (±1.85)
0.604
ISI frequency
2.68 (±1.10)
2.08(±0.95)
0.144
ISI amount
2.28 (±0.68)
2.08 (±0.49)
0.113
QoL (GH)
45.00 (±31.45)
28.00 (±19.52)
0.092
QoL (II)
49.29 (±16.96)
47.96 (±16.85)
0.618
QoL (RL)
29.29 (±16.87)
28.62 (±17.69)
0.893
QoL (PhyL)
30.62 (±15.73)
32.62 (±12.26)
0.088
QoL (SL)
11.54 (±3.41)
11.98 (±2.94)
0.447
QoL (PR)
21.65 (±10.28)
30.64 (±11.96)
0.311
QoL (EM)
37.74 (±7.01)
27.97 (±7.14)
0.524
QoL (SE)
4.65 (±1.25)
10.64 (±3.46)
0.896
Em: emotion; GH: general health; II: incontinence impact; ISI: incontinence severity index; PBU: pressure biofeedback unit; PhyL: physical limitation; PR: personal relationships; QoL: quality of life; RL: role limitation; SE: sleep energy; SL: social limitation; and SM: severity measure. Student’s t-test
