Knowledge, Attitude, and Practices (KAP) Survey Towards Pelvic Floor Muscle Training (PFMT) Among Pregnant Women

Figures & data

Table 1 Patients' Characteristics (N= 110)

Characteristics	Total (N= 110)	Aware PFMT Group (n=61)	Unaware PFMT Group (n=49)	p value
	Mean ± SD
Age (years)	30.5 ± 5.4	31.1 ± 5.3	29.6 ± 5.4	0.15
Gestational age (weeks)	20.8 ± 10.8	21.7 ± 11.5	19.8 ± 9.8	0.37
Gravida	1.7 ± 0.8	1.7 ± 0.9	1.6 ± 0.6	0.47
	n(%)
Educational Level
Primary school	1 (0.9%)	1 (1.6%)	0	0.63
Secondary school	21 (19.1%)	12 (19.7%)	9 (18.4%)
Vocational	11 (10.0%)	4 (6.6%)	7 (14.2%)
Bachelor degree	57 (51.8%)	33 (54.1%)	24 (49.0%)
>Bachelor degree	20 (18.2%)	11 (18.0%)	9 (18.4%)
Occupation
Housewife	10 (9.1%)	5 (8.2%)	5 (10.2%)	0.48
Government officer	50 (45.5%)	27 (44.3%)	23 (46.9%)
Employee	17 (15.5%)	8 (13.1%)	9 (18.4%)
Business owner	15 (13.6%)	9 (14.8%)	6 (12.2%)
Agriculturalist	1 (0.9%)	1 (1.6%)	0
Laborer	5 (4.5%)	3 (4.9%)	2 (4.1%)
Unemployed	2 (1.8%) 10 (9.1%)	0 8 (13.1%)	2 (4.1%) 2 (4.1%)

Table 2 The Sources of Pelvic Floor Muscle Training Information Among Aware PFMT Women (n=61)

Source of Information^a	Aware PFMT Group (n=61)
Husband	0
Relatives	1 (5.9%)
Colleagues	1 (5.9%)
Health-care providers	10 (58.8%)
Media inside the hospital	4 (23.5%)
Media outside the hospital	6 (35.3%)

Note: ^aThe participants were permitted to list more than one source of information.

Table 3 Attitudes Toward Pregnancy Outcomes and Pelvic Floor Functions Among Aware PFMT Women (n=61)

Attitudes	Aware PFMT Group
Pregnancy Outcomes
-Preterm labor	1 (1.6%)
-Easy delivery	48 (78.7%)
- Difficult delivery	0
- Fetal demise	0
- Less birth trauma	35 (57.4%)
Pelvic Floor Function (Positive Attitude)
- Increases sexual satisfaction	56 (91.8%)
- Reduces pelvic pain	54 (88.5%)
- Improves stress urinary incontinence	60 (98.4%)
- Reduces urge incontinence	60 (98.4%)
- Improves voiding dysfunction	44 (72.1%)
- Improves pelvic organ prolapse	59 (96.7%)
Symptoms
- Improves constipation	46 (75.4%)
- Reduces fecal incontinence	57 (93.4%)
- Improves quality of life (QOL)	58 (95.1%)