The Efficiency of Physiotherapy on the Quality of Life of Women Bearers of Urinary Incontinence Rebecca Gonçalves da Silva 1* , Rodrigo Daminello Raimundo 2,3 , Luiz Carlos de Abreu 3 , Vitor Engrácia Valenti 4 , Laércio da Silva Paiva 5 and Fernanda Antico Benetti 1 1 Physiotherapy Department, Santo André, São Paulo, Brazil 2 Department of Public Health USP, São Paulo, Brazil 3 Scientific Research and Writing Lineation Laboratory, Santo André, São Paulo, Brazil 4 Speech Department, São Paulo State University, UNESP, Marília, Brazil 5 Epidemiology and Data Analysis Laboratory, Santo André, São Paulo, Brazil * Corresponding author: Rebecca Gonçalves da Silva, Faculty of Medicine ABC, Physiotherapy Department, Santo André, São Paulo, Brazil, Tel: 5511941430310; E- mail: rebeccagoncalves03@gmail.com Received date: April 07, 2016; Accepted date: January 25, 2017; Published date: January 30, 2017 Copyright: © 2017 Da Silva RG, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Abstract Introduction: The Urinary Incontinence (UI) is a kind of lower urinary tract disfunction that may happen when there are alterations in the physiologic urination process. The use of therapeutic exercises has shown itself very efficient in the treatment of UI, with the objective of improving the efficiency of the urethral sphincter during the intra- abdominal pressure raise periods. Objective: Evaluate the efficiency of the perineal exercises and vaginal electrostimulation on the quality of life of women bearers of urinary incontinence. Method: About 10 patients with urinary incontinence (UI) were submitted to a series of perineal exercises and electrostimulation. A UI specific questionnaire “Incontinence Quality of Life Instrument” (I-QOL) was used for the evaluation of the patients. Results: There was an improvement in the general score of the I-QOL whereas without significant improvement values. Conclusion: Therapeutic Exercises associated to electrostimulation may bring improvements to the urinary incontinence patients’ quality of life. Keywords: Urinary incontinence; Quality of life; Physiotherapy Introduction Te International Continence Society (ICS) recently defned urinary incontinence as “involuntary loss of urine” [1]. It’s calculated that the urine loss aficts 50-69% of women [2]. UI is a kind of lower urinary tract dysfunction and may happen when there are alterations in the physiologic process of urination or in the structures involved on the support or sustention of the organs responsible for urination [3]. It consists in a condition that doesn’t set risks of life, but causes deep psycho-social changes to the woman [4]. Its prevalence varies according to the type and defnition. It’s a very common complaint (49.5%); it aficts mainly 50 years old women (afer menopause) and it worsens with age. UI can be divided into several kinds and the most common is: stress urinary incontinence (SUI), being a very frequent type among women [3]. It aficts about 23% of the population [5] and in Brazil there is a prevalence of 35% in women in the pre-menopause or menopause [6]. UI interferes directly on women’s daily activities, in a manner that those who struggle from this condition present lower levels of quality of life [7]. Its psycho-social efect might be more devastating than the consequences on the health, with multiple and embracing efects that infuence the daily activities, the social interaction and the self- perception of the health state [8]. Measuring instruments of quality of life are commonly used in the evaluation of diseases and treatments to determine the physical self- perception, psychological and social welfare. For this reason, the Continence International Society recommends that those evaluations are included, in all studies, as a complement for the clinical measures [9]. Te most used objective measure in clinical studies of UI evaluates the quantity and frequency of urine loss by urination diaries, absorbent tests or urodynamic parameters. Such observations may refect the loss severity, yet do not show the changes in the daily activities [10]. Te questionnaire application in incontinent women is well accepted, once that the impact over individual factors may be evaluated. In order to be efcent, those instruments must be simple, be relevant and of easy comprehension [11]. Objectively, we have the “Incontinence Quality of Life Instrument” questionnaire (I-QOL), “a specifc tool for evaluating the quality of life, Journal of Physiotherapy & Physical Rehabilitation Da Silva et al., Physiother Rehabil 2017, 2:1 DOI: 10.4172/2573-0312.1000126 Research Article Open Access Physiother Rehabil, an open access journal ISSN:2573-0312 Volume 2 • Issue 1 • 1000126 J o u r n a l o f P h y s i o t h e r a p y & P h y s i c a l R e h a b i l i t a t i o n ISSN: 2573-0312