Determinación cuantitativa de la insuficiencia del piso pélvico, en pacientes que acudan a la consulta externa de 30 años y más del Hospital Vicente Corral Moscoso, Cuenca 2011

Abstract

Background: The demand for evidence-based medicine and clinical documentation of the results was the impetus for conducting this research which was assessed quantitatively by using the force PERITEST pelvic floor muscle. Objective: To assess quantitatively by using the failure PERITEST pelvic floor in women attending the gynecology outpatient clinic at 30 years and over Vicente Corral Moscoso Hospital Regional in the city of Cuenca, in 2011. Methodology: A descriptivestudy of 384 women. Results: Of the patients studied, the most frequent age group was 30-39 years, 57.5% were overweight or obese, according to the parity multiparas multiparous and large represent the largest group and 34.1% were at the menopause at the time of the study. The 44.3% had mild pelvic failure. The pelvic failure occurred more frequently in patients over 40 years (62.5%), overweight or obese (62.44%), menopausal (82.4%) in urinary or fecal incontinence (92.5%) and genital prolapse (95.1%). Conclusions: The failure of the pelvic floor were in higher proportion in patients over 40 years. The body mass index with values above normal are directly related to the failure of the pelvic floor. Patients who completed the pregnancy and vaginal delivery were also multiparous or grand multiparous women showed some degree of pelvic failure in 58.98% of cases. Pathologies such as menopause, urinary or fecal incontinence and genital prolapse, pelvic floor insufficiency presented high percentages.

KEYWORDS: RENAL PELVICFLOORPERITEST, PELVIC FLOOR MUSCLE STRENGTH.

DECS: PELVIC FLOOR-ABNORMALITIES; MANOMETRY-UTIIZATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY, DESCRIPTIVE; RISK FACTORS; WOMEN; AGED; ADULT; MIDDLE AGED; HOSPITAL REGIONAL VICENE CORRAL MOSCOSO; CUENCA-ECUADOR