Publications by authors named "Andrea A Marques"
Introduction And Hypothesis: This study was aimed at evaluating the impact of a mobile app-guided pelvic floor muscle training (PFMT) program on urinary symptoms and quality of life in women suffering from urinary incontinence.
Methods: The study included women with stress urinary incontinence (SUI), who underwent a structured interview and completed validated questionnaires, including the Questionnaire for Urinary Incontinence Diagnosis (QUID), the International Consultation on Incontinence Questionnaire - Short Form (ICIQ-SF), and the Incontinence Quality of Life Questionnaire (I-QOL). These women were randomly assigned to one of two groups: the app group, which received a visual depiction on the expected contraction pattern through a mobile app to support their PFMT exercises, and the control (paper) group.
Article Synopsis
- The study investigates vulvodynia (VVD) in Brazilian women, highlighting the condition's prevalence, diagnosis challenges, and treatment inadequacies among participants with VVD (151 women) compared to a control group (106 women).
- Results showed that women with VVD experienced significantly more vulvovaginal symptoms, with pain lasting an average of 5.8 years; over half had consulted multiple doctors without a clear diagnosis, and most treatments provided minimal pain relief.
- The findings indicate that prolonged vulvar pain, frequent healthcare visits, and ineffective treatments are common among women with VVD, emphasizing the need to recognize associated symptoms to prevent misdiagnosis and improve treatment options.
Background: Health care workers (HCWs) have a high risk of infection with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), especially those treating patients with confirmed or suspected diagnosis (front-line).
Aim: To evaluate the incidence and prevalence of the COVID-19 infection among HCWs and to analyse the risk factors and the clinical characteristics among infected ones.
Methods: Observational, retrospective, single-center study (Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra, Portugal).
Background And Purpose: Although surgery has been widely accepted as the treatment of choice for stress urinary incontinence (SUI), there has recently been an increased interest in the conservative management of this condition. The aims of this study were to test the ability of a biofeedback-assisted pelvic-floor muscle exercise (PFME) program to affect symptoms of SUI in premenopausal women and to evaluate a training program that might lead to successful outcomes in a relatively limited number of sessions.
Subjects: Twenty-six women with SUI were treated with PFME with surface electromyography (sEMG)-assisted biofeedback.