Abstract
Objective: To compare the effects of Bebo concept and Diaphragmatic Breathing technique on stress incontinence in females after vaginal birth.
Study design: It is a descriptive cross sectional hospital based study.
Place and duration of study: A Six-month study was carried out in Jinnah Hospital Lahore and Bahria International Hospital Lahore. (March 2022 to September 2022)
Material and Methods: The study design was RCT (Randomized control trial). Duration of the study was 6 months, March 2022 to September 2022. The total sample size of this study was 66. Out of which 33 candidates were allocated in each of the two groups. During this study, the Non probability purposive Sampling technique was used to select the sample and then randomly allocated into groups through Lottery Method. Group.1 was assigned for the receiving of Bebo Concept as intervention plan whereas the Group.2 was applied with the Diaphragmatic. Breathing exercises. Treatment plan consisted of 6-weeks for the females with stress urinary incontinence after vaginal birth. Palpation perfect test was used to measure
Results: Man Whitney U Test was for between group analysis of palpation perfect test, which indicated significant difference observed in posttest palpation perfect test results in both the interventions (p=0.001) and significant difference was observed in posttest palpation perfect test results in both the interventions (p=0.001) showing better results with Bebo.
Conclusion: Bebo concept showed more statistically significant improvement Urinary Distress Inventory, Short Form UDI-6 and Palpation perfect test but Quality of Life (ICIQ-US SF) remained same in both the groups, according to UDI-6 and ICIQ.
Keywords: Vaginal birth, Urinary stress incontinence, Physical Therapy techniques
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