5.10. Analysis.
Comparison 5: Postnatal pelvic floor muscle training (PFMT) versus control for (mixed) prevention or treatment of incontinence, Outcome 10: Other self‐reported well‐being measures
| Other self‐reported well‐being measures | |||||
| Study | Measure of | Outcome measure | PFMT data | Control data | Differnce |
| PFMT versus usual care | |||||
| Oakley 2016 | Health status measure | SF‐12, physical component score (0‐100, 100 better) | Mean 53.51, SD 4.63, n = 27 at 12 weeks postpartum | Mean 53.08, SD 5.92, n = 23 at 12 weeks postpartum | Mean difference 0.43 (95% CI ‐2.55 to 3.41) |
| SF‐12, mental component score (0‐100, 100 better) | Mean 51.36, SD 7.74, n = 27 at 12 weeks postpartum | Mean 52.79, SD 8.90, n = 23 at 12 weeks postpartum | Mean difference ‐1.43 (95% CI ‐6.09 to 3.23) | ||
| Sleep 1987 | General wellbeing | 5 point Likert scale in response to question "how are you feeling generally?" | 11 feeling not very well or not at all well, n = 816 at 3 months postpartum | 18 feeling not very well or not at all well, n = 793 at 3 months postpartum | Not calculated as validity/reliability of this measure not known |