Audra Jolyn Hill1, Jingye Yang2, Liliana I Martinez2, Ingrid Nygaard3, Marlene J Egger4. 1. From the Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Utah. 2. University of Utah. 3. University of Utah Health Sciences Center. 4. Division of Public Health, Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT.
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: The objectives of this study were to describe trajectories of pelvic floor symptoms and support from the third trimester to 1 year postpartum in primiparous women after vaginal delivery and to explore factors associated with their resolution between 8 weeks postpartum and 1 year postpartum. METHODS: Five hundred ninety-seven nulliparous women 18 years or older who gave birth vaginally at term completed the Epidemiology of Prolapse and Incontinence Questionnaire and the Pelvic Organ Prolapse Quantification examination at the third trimester, 8 weeks postpartum, and 1 year postpartum. RESULTS: At 1 year postpartum, 41%, 32%, and 23% of participants reported stress urinary incontinence, nocturia, and flatus incontinence, respectively, and 9% demonstrated maximal vaginal descent (MVD) ≥ 0 cm. For more common symptoms, incidence rates between the third trimester and 8 weeks postpartum ranged from 6% for urinary frequency to 22% for difficult bowel movements, and resolution rates between 8 weeks postpartum and 1 year postpartum ranged from 23% for stress urinary incontinence to 73% for pain. Between the third trimester and 8 weeks postpartum, 13% demonstrated de novo MVD ≥ 0 cm. For most symptoms, the presence of the same symptom before delivery decreased the probability of resolution between 8 weeks postpartum and 1 year. However, the sensitivities of predelivery vaginal bulge and MVD of 0 cm or greater for those outcomes at 1 year postpartum was overall low (10-12%). CONCLUSIONS: One year postpartum, urinary and bowel symptoms are common in primiparous women who gave birth vaginally. A substantial portion of this burden is represented by symptoms present before delivery, while most of the prevalence of worse anatomic support is accounted for by de novo changes after delivery.
OBJECTIVES: The objectives of this study were to describe trajectories of pelvic floor symptoms and support from the third trimester to 1 year postpartum in primiparous women after vaginal delivery and to explore factors associated with their resolution between 8 weeks postpartum and 1 year postpartum. METHODS: Five hundred ninety-seven nulliparous women 18 years or older who gave birth vaginally at term completed the Epidemiology of Prolapse and Incontinence Questionnaire and the Pelvic Organ Prolapse Quantification examination at the third trimester, 8 weeks postpartum, and 1 year postpartum. RESULTS: At 1 year postpartum, 41%, 32%, and 23% of participants reported stress urinary incontinence, nocturia, and flatus incontinence, respectively, and 9% demonstrated maximal vaginal descent (MVD) ≥ 0 cm. For more common symptoms, incidence rates between the third trimester and 8 weeks postpartum ranged from 6% for urinary frequency to 22% for difficult bowel movements, and resolution rates between 8 weeks postpartum and 1 year postpartum ranged from 23% for stress urinary incontinence to 73% for pain. Between the third trimester and 8 weeks postpartum, 13% demonstrated de novo MVD ≥ 0 cm. For most symptoms, the presence of the same symptom before delivery decreased the probability of resolution between 8 weeks postpartum and 1 year. However, the sensitivities of predelivery vaginal bulge and MVD of 0 cm or greater for those outcomes at 1 year postpartum was overall low (10-12%). CONCLUSIONS: One year postpartum, urinary and bowel symptoms are common in primiparous women who gave birth vaginally. A substantial portion of this burden is represented by symptoms present before delivery, while most of the prevalence of worse anatomic support is accounted for by de novo changes after delivery.
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