Análise do incômodo relacionado ao assoalho pélvico de gestantes durante a pandemia da covid-19

Abstract

Pregnant women were considered risk population of serious infections by Sars-Cov-2, which caused the COVID-19 pandemic. The gestational period besides being marked by immunocompromise that facilitates contagion by viral infections, is also marked by physiological adaptations resulting from pregnancy that can favor dysfunctions related to pelvic floor muscles. The aim of the study was to analyze the discomfort related to the pelvic floor of pregnant women during the COVID-19 pandemic. Cross-sectional observational study, performed remotely. The pregnant women answered an online, anonymous and self-administered questionnaire that contained sociodemographic questions and questions taken from the Pelvic Floor Discomfort Questionnaire (PFBQ). The normality of the data was tested by the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test and for the correlation between gestational age and the age of the participants, the Spearman Correlation Coefficient was used. A significance level of p <0.05 was considered. 277 participants were included. The results obtained show that the total score was low in the PFBQ (9.97 (6.31)), which indicates low discomfort related to the pelvic floor. No associations were found between the total score of the PFBQ questionnaire with gestational age (1st, 2nd or 3rd gestational trimester) (p = 0.08) or with the age of the participants included in the sample (p = 0.51). The pregnant women in the present study did not present any relevant complaints related to the pelvic floor during the COVID-19 pandemic. It is believed that more studies are needed to analyze the effects of the pandemic on the health of pregnant women.