Results
Forty-one and 43 women were randomized to the training and control
groups, respectively. At recruitment, 17 (42.5%) of the training and 15
(37%) of the control group reported prolapse symptoms (p=0.6). Five
(13%) from the training and 9 (21%) controls were bothered by the
symptoms (p=0.3).
There was a gradual decrease in the number of women with symptoms and no
significant short-term (p=0.08 at 6 months) or long-term (p=0.6 at 12
months) differences between the groups regarding rates of women with POP
sympoms. No difference was between groups regarding bother in the short
(p=0.3) or longer term (p=0.4). Repeated measure analyses using Proc
Genmod in SAS did not indicate a significant effect of the intervention
over time, p>0.05.