The Role of Kegel Exercises Book to Improve Treatment in Stress Urinary Incontinence Women by Increasing the Adherence

This research aims to evaluate the Kegel Exercises guidebook in treating stress urinary incontinence in female patients. The guidebook had been produced through rigorous previous research with many evaluations from many clinicians, urogynecologists, and patients. The editing and evaluation process took some time and before long the guidebook was ready to be tested in the clinical setting.

The Investigators enrolled 85 patients in the intervention group and 85 patients in the control group after population sampling calculation. The patients in the intervention group were supervised by the Kegel guidebook however, the patients in the control group were supervised without the Kegel guidebook. The patients in the intervention group were enrolled from Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital and YPK Mandiri Hospital. For the control group, the investigators enrolled the patients from Buah Hati Hospital and Fatmawati Hospital. Investigators enrolled the patients from different hospitals to mask the book as the intervention to the patients.

The Kegel regiment the Investigators taught were the same. The exercises consisted of two types of movements that contracted the fast-twitch muscle and the slow-twitch muscle. The Investigators recommended doing the fast repetitions ten times a session and the slow repetitions ten times a session. The patients needed to do three sessions for a day, and every day for a week.

To examine the improvement of the symptoms, the investigators used many parameters such as UDI-6 and IIQ-7 questionnaire, a perineometer, and a 1-hour pad test. The investigators evaluate the parameters before the therapy and followed them every four weeks up until 12 weeks of follow-up. The investigators also count how many kegel exercises they did in four weeks, by checking on their Kegel exercises book or by recalling method in control group