Pelvic floor electrical stimulation (PFES) as a conservative method of urinary incontinence treatment in women

Female urinary incontinence (UI) is described as the lack in control of holding urine and considered as a major social problem. This indisposition leads to changes in the quality of life, such as increasing isolation confining physical and social activity. Besides of surgical methods of SUI treatment, physiotherapy is considered also very successful. The one of physiotherapeutic method is PFES, which activates natural nerves and muscles mechanism.
The aim of the study was to assess the value of PFES and its influence on the quality of life and urogenital symptoms in women with SUI.
28 women with SUI were recruited to the study, aging from 36 to 74 years. Before and after 30 sessions of PFES treatment women were given questionnaires measuring UI evaluation, Quality of Life and intensification of symptoms of UI.
The analysis of collected data shows that PFES plays an important role in the treatment of urinary incontinence and has a positive influence on general quality of life and specific activities measured by questionnaires used in the study.