Table 5.

Pelvic floor muscle training outcomes (IBD)

Author, year, country and study type	Participants completed and dropouts	Measure	Preintervention Mean (SD)	Postintervention, Mean (SD)	P‐value	Follow‐up	Outcome
Perera et al., 201342 USA Retrospective case review	20/22 2 patients did not complete therapy – no details provided	SIBDQ HCU • number of health‐care visits in the 6 months prior to and following training Self‐report by therapist • correction of dyssynergic pattern Patient report of improvement in symptoms	SIBDQ Score 38.6 (14.1) HCU—Visits 4.7 (4.2)	SIBDQ Score 40.3 (12.8) HCU – Visits 2.7 (1.6)	0.85 0.003 *	At completion of treatment and 6 months later	Nil significant change in health‐ related quality of life Significant reduction in HCU following training Therapist report not stated Improved 16/20 (80%)
Vasant et al., 201754 UK Retrospective case review	8/9 1 dropout after 2 sessions (non‐responder)	Bowel diary • episodes of fecal incontinence per week Patient report of full continence or improvement in symptoms	Incontinence episodes per week, 11.5	Incontinence episodes per week, 0.0	0.003 *	At completion of treatment	Improved 8/9 (89%) Fully continent 5/9 (56%)

^* P < 0.05.

HCU, health‐care utilization; IBD, inflammatory bowel disease; SIBDQ, short inflammatory bowel disease questionnaire.