Long-term outcomes
POP rates at 12 months after childbirth revealed no difference between the groups, with 4/38 from the TG and 6/42 from the CG still symptomatic (p=0.6). There were no differences regarding the rates of women bothered by symptoms in the TG and CG respectively, leaving 1/37 and 3/42 in the TG vs. CG bothered by POP symptoms (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. Analysis per-protocol did not change the outcomes.