Table 2.
Data collection questionnaire, clinical assessment and laboratory analysis of study participants
| Pregnancy | Delivery | Post-partum | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T1 | T2 | T3 | T4 | T5 | T6 | |
| 24-28th weeks | 36-40th weeks | C-Section | 6 weeks | 6 months | 12 months | |
| Socioeconomic status | ||||||
| Address/phone number/social media | x | x | x | – | x | x |
| Age | x | x | x | – | x | x |
| Occupation | x | x | x | – | x | x |
| Ethnicity | x | x | x | – | x | x |
| Religion | x | x | x | – | x | x |
| Marital status | x | x | x | – | x | x |
| Education level/background | x | x | x | – | x | x |
| Occupation | x | x | x | – | x | x |
| Smoking/drinking/illicit drug use | x | x | x | – | x | x |
| Clinical data | ||||||
| Infections, chronic diseases, family disease history, smoking/drinking, comorbidities and surgeries | x | x | x | – | x | x |
| Questionnaires | ||||||
| Diagnosis of PS-UI (ISI and ICIQ) | x | x | – | – | – | – |
| Diagnosis of UI (ISI and ICIQ) | – | – | – | x | x | x |
| Newborn data | ||||||
| Weight | – | – | x | – | – | – |
| Length | – | – | x | – | – | – |
| Ponderal index | – | – | x | – | – | – |
| Apgar score | – | – | x | – | – | – |
| Complications during gestation and/or delivery | – | – | x | – | – | – |
| Obstetrics data | ||||||
| Gestational age | x | x | x | – | – | – |
| Height | x | – | – | – | – | – |
| Pre-gestational weight | x | – | – | – | – | – |
| Current weight | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| Weight gain during pregnancy | x | x | x | – | – | – |
| Clinical complications during delivery | – | – | x | – | – | – |
| Biochemical, Molecular, Functional and Morphological assessments | ||||||
| A) Laboratory assessments | ||||||
| Glucose, Cortisol, Insulin, PTH, Calcitonin, Phosphorous, Potassium, Calcium, Sodium, Magnesium, Vitamin A and Vitamin D | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| B) Physical assessments | ||||||
| PFM | ||||||
| Digital palpation | x | x | – | x | x | x |
| US | x | x | – | x | x | x |
| EMG | x | x | – | x | x | x |
| RAM | ||||||
| US | x | x | – | x | x | x |
| EMG | x | x | – | x | x | x |
| C) RAM sampling RAM | ||||||
| OMICS (Transcriptomics, Metabolomics, and Proteomics) | – | – | x | – | – | – |
| Expression of muscle fibers and EM-related genes and proteins | – | – | x | – | – | – |
| Ex-vivo contractility | – | – | x | – | – | – |
| Morphological analysis | – | – | x | – | – | – |