Abstract:

BACKGROUND: Understanding the related factors of female pelvic floor disorders in Xinjiang multi-ethnic area and exploring the quantitative examination method which can relatively accurately reflect the pelvic floor function plays an important role in preventing female pelvic floor disorders.
OBJECTIVE: To investigate factors related to female pelvic floor muscle strength and to analyze the relevance and significance of the pelvic floor muscle assessment with the symptoms and physical examination of pelvic floor dysfunction disease.
METHODS: The questionnaire, physical examination, pelvic floor muscle strength testing data were collected from 210 cases of female patients who were in hospital during April 2010 to November 2010 at Department of gynecology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University. Rank sum test was used to analyze the packet variables factors related to pelvic floor muscle strength, and than Spearman rank correlation analysis was carried out to make further analysis which has statistically significance data.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: Age, body mass index, delivery times, menopause, symptoms of chronic constipation were negative correlated with pelvic floor muscle strength. The symptoms of stress urinary incontinence and physical examination of pelvic organ prolapse were negative correlated with the pelvic floor muscle strength. It is conductive to the early prevention and treatment of pelvic floor dysfunction disease by controlling the body weight and reducing the incidence of chronic constipation; well perimenopausal hormone replacement therapy; controlling the pelvic tissue damage of pregnant women and making the patients to pay more attention on their own pelvic floor muscle strength.