NCT05569694

Movement-Based Pelvic Health Education for Women in Underserved Communities

Pelvic Health Education for Women in Underserved Communities

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 38 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Arkansas Colleges of Health Education · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years – 100 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

It is essential to provide the community with evidenced-based care to optimize healthcare outcomes; more specifically, women in underserved communities undergoing health disparities in rehabilitation. To address this issue, a movement-based pelvic health education course was developed to assess women's knowledge and adherence of the exercises in an underserved region in Western Arkansas.The purpose of this research was to determine the effectiveness of a single movement-based pelvic health education session on general pelvic health knowledge, underactive pelvic floor, and overactive pelvic floor knowledge and adherence to performing pelvic exercises in women.

Conditions

• Pelvic Floor Muscle Weakness
• Pelvic Pain

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Movement-based pelvic health education	A single virtual education session led by a physical therapist trained in pelvic health. The virtual course was approximately one hour and included movement-based education through various positions, exercises, and movements with explanations for each pose as it relates to pelvic health.

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-01-25
• Primary completion: 2022-12-31
• Completion: 2024-12-31
• First posted: 2022-10-06
• Last updated: 2023-07-24

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States