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. 2020 May 7;2020(5):CD007471. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD007471.pub4

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