Table 3.
Practice results by sex and degree of motor function.
| Question | Response |
Females n (%) |
Males n (%) |
miSCI n (%) |
mcSCI n (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Did a healthcare professional ever discuss PFMT with you? | Yes | 29 (30.5) | 13 (22.4) | 40 (36.7) | 2 (4.5) |
| No | 56 (61.1) | 45 (77.6) | 61 (56.0) | 42 (95.5) | |
| Unsure | 8 (8.4) | 0 | 8 (7.3) | 0 | |
| χ2 = 7.210, p = 0.027 | χ2 = 22.295, p < 0.001 | ||||
| Have you tried to do a PFM contraction? | Yes | 68 (71.6) | 26 (44.8) | 74 (67.9) | 20 (45.5) |
| No | 26 (27.4) | 26 (44.8) | 31 (28.4) | 21 (47.7) | |
| Unsure | 1 (1.1) | 6 (10.3) | 4 (3.7) | 3 (6.8) | |
| χ2 = 14.221, p < 0.001 | χ2 = 6.678, p = 0.035 | ||||
| Have you participated in PFMT? | Yes | 23.2 | 13.8 | 27 (24.8) | 3 (6.8) |
| No | 73 (76.8) | 48 (82.8) | 80 (73.4) | 41 (93.2) | |
| Unsure | 0 | 2 (3.4) | 2 (1.8) | 0 | |
| χ2 = 5.046, p = 0.080 | χ2 = 7.512, p = 0.023 | ||||
| Do you think your PFMT was effective? (n = 30) | Yes | 15 (68.1) | 7 (87.5) | 22 (81.5) | 0 |
| No | 1 (4.5) | 0 | 0 | 1 (33.3) | |
| Unsure | 6 (27.3) | 1 (12.5) | 5 (18.5) | 2 (66.7) | |
| χ2 = 1.211, p = 0.546 | χ2 = 14.127, p < 0.001 |
Comparison of Practice between sexes and motor-functions. The bolded statistics are significant. The bolded and italicized comparisons are significant.