The effect of antenatal pelvic floor muscle exercises on female sexual function: A randomised controlled trial

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Female Sexual Function; Public Health - Health promotion/education; Reproductive Health and Childbirth - Other reproductive health and childbirth disorders; Musculoskeletal - Normal musculoskeletal and cartilage development and function

• Registration Number: ACTRN12617001030369
• Lead Sponsor: Western Sydney University

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2017-07-17
• Study Completion: 2019-06-02
• Last Update Posted: 10 February 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 200

Inclusion Criteria

Primiparous women over 18 years old and equal or less than 22 weeks gestation
• Having a current sexual partner
• Singleton pregnancy
• Anticipating a vaginal birth
• With no history of urinary incontinence or pelvic surgery or pelvic organ prolapse
• Able to read and understand and communicate in English
• No previous history of depression, mental illness, alcohol and drug use, domestic violence
The women in intervention group should also agree to follow the pelvic floor exercise programme in this study and not to follow the other programmes being offered to them via other resources.

Exclusion Criteria

Over 22 weeks gestation
• Planning to give birth via caesarean section at the time of booking
• Multiparous women
• Women with multiple pregnancy,
• Women with complicated pregnancies (type 1 and type 2 diabetic, vaginal bleeding) and those with known pelvic floor muscle dysfunction)
• Women who are not able to read and understand English to answer the questionnaires

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Female sexual function during pregnancy and three months following birth will be measured using female sexual function index self -report questionnaire[Information about Female sexual function will be collected at the time of booking at less than 22 weeks gestation, at 36 weeks of pregnancy and at three months following birth from both intervention and control groups]