Efficacy of educational instructions on pelvic floor muscle training in the treatment of urinary incontinence: Systematic review and meta-analysis.

Objective: The present study aimed to investigate the efficacy of educational interventions on pelvic floor (PF) muscle training in the treatment of urinary incontinence (UI).

Methods: This is a systematic review of literature with meta-analysis, performed according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis (PRISMA). To do so, randomized clinical trials that performed educational interventions of PF, UI, and developed the training of PF muscles (TPFM) for incontinent women, performing group or individual comparisons, with control and experimental groups or with two or more experimental groups were selected.