Gebelerde pelvik taban ve pelvik taban kas eğitimi farkındalığı, bilgi ve inanışlarının incelenmesi

Yıl 2025, Cilt: 30 Sayı: 3, 353 - 362, 25.09.2025

Betül Bahar , Handan Ankaralı , Mehmet Ata Topçuoğlu , Yeşim Bakar , Nuriye Özengin

https://doi.org/10.21673/anadoluklin.1531244

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Amaç: Bu çalışmanın amacı, gebelerin pelvik taban ve pelvik taban kas eğitimi hakkında farkındalık, bilgi ve inanışlarını belirlemekti.

Yöntemler: Çalışmaya gebelik haftası 5-40 arasında değişen 250 gönüllü gebe dahil edildi. Gebelerin fiziksel ve sosyo-demografik özellikleri kaydedildikten sonra pelvik taban ve pelvik taban kas eğitimi farkındalığı, bilgi ve inanışlarını değerlendiren anketi tamamlamaları istendi.

Bulgular: Gebelerin %70,4’ünün daha önce pelvik taban kaslarını duymadığı, %95,2’sinin pelvik taban kaslarıyla ilgili bilgi almadığı ve %90,8’inin de pelvik taban kaslarına neden ihtiyacımız olduğunu bilmediği belirlendi. Gebelerin %47,6’sının gebelik döneminde idrar kaçırmanın normal olduğuna inandığı tespit edildi. Ayrıca gebelerin %98’i pelvik taban kasları hakkında yeterli bilgi sahibi olduğunu düşünmemekteydi. Gebelik trimesterleri arasında pelvik taban ve pelvik taban kas eğitimine ilişkin bilgi, farkındalık ve inanışlarının benzer olduğu saptandı (p>0.05).

Sonuç: Bu çalışmanın sonucunda gebelerin pelvik taban kasları ve eğitimine ilişkin yetersiz farkındalık ve bilgi seviyesine ve maladaptif inanışlara sahip olduğu ortaya çıktı. Gebelerin birçok pelvik taban problemi açısından risk altında oldukları bu süreçte potansiyel problemleri, önleyici ve tedavi edici yöntemleri bilmeleri önemlidir. Bu nedenle, her gebenin rutin olarak sağlık profesyonelleri tarafından pelvik taban hakkında bilgilendirilmesi ve pelvik taban kas eğitimine katılımı için teşvik edilmesi önerilebilir.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Egzersiz , gebelik , pelvik taban , üriner inkontinans

Examination of awareness, knowledge and beliefs on pelvic floor and pelvic floor muscle training in pregnant women

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Aim: This study aimed to determine the awareness, knowledge, and beliefs of pregnant women on pelvic floor and pelvic floor muscle training.

Methods: A total of 250 volunteer women with gestational weeks ranging between 5 to 40 weeks were included in this study. After the physical and socio-demographic characteristics of the pregnant women were recorded, they were asked to complete the questionnaire assessing their awareness, knowledge and beliefs on pelvic floor and pelvic floor muscle training.

Results: It was determined that 70.4% of the pregnant women had not heard of the pelvic floor muscles before, 95.2% did not get information about pelvic floor muscles, 90.8% did not know why they needed pelvic floor muscles. It was found that 47.6% of the pregnant women believed that urinary incontinence during pregnancy was normal. In addition, 98% of the pregnant women did not think that they had sufficient information about pelvic floor muscles. It was found that knowledge, awareness and beliefs about pelvic floor and pelvic floor muscles were similar between gestational trimesters (p> 0.05).

Conclusion: As a result, pregnant women had insufficient awareness and knowledge levels, maladaptive beliefs about pelvic floor muscles and training. It is essential for pregnant women to know potential problems, preventive and therapeutic methods in this process which they are at risk for various pelvic floor dysfunctions. Therefore, it can be recommended that pregnant women should be routinely informed about the pelvic floor by health professionals and encouraged to participate in pelvic floor muscle training.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Exercise , pelvic floor , pregnancy , urinary incontinence

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