An interventional study of Educational online session about PF in Pelvic Floor Disorders, sponsored by University of the Balearic Islands. Completed at 1 site in Spain. Open to female participants aged 18 Years to 45 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2024-10-15.
Sponsored by University of the Balearic Islands · Not applicable, Interventional, and Prevention
Pelvic floor dysfunctions (PFD) are especially prevalent among females athletes due to the efforts from sports practice. As conservational management, increasing the athletes' information regard important research lines. However, embarrassment of female athletes limits educational or health demands and facilitate an invisible condition, potentially influenced by gender stereotypes. New technologies could facilitate engaging virtual educational approaches. This study will evaluate the effects of an educational online session about PFD in the knowledge about it, and practices related with it, existing gender stereotypes and PFD diagnosis of female athletes. To this end, all female athletes who practice Track and Field in Spain will be invited to attend an educational online session with theoretical-practical content about PF. As eligibility criteria, participants should train and compete in any of the Track and Field modalities, and have federative license from regional or national Track and Field Federation at the moment of the start of the study. Participants should have at least 18 years old. The investigators expect 400 athletes to fulfill the questionnaires, of which the investigators expect 200 to attend the educational online session.
Before the educational online session, all female athletes will reply an anonymous questionnaire to inform about their knowledge of PFD, daily practices related to PFD, influencing gender stereotypes and PFD auto-reported diagnosis. One month later, this questionnaire will be sent to female athletes (both athletes who attended the educational session or not) to describe changes after attending the online educational session and compared to those athletes who did not attend it. The main outcomes will be the level of knowledge about PF, the number of detrimental practices potentially related to PFD, the number of healthy practices to care PF and existence of influencing gender stereotypes. As an additional outcome, it will be considered the PFD auto-reported diagnosis.
The educational online session will last 90 minutes, as follows: 10 minutes of contextualization, 40 minutes of practical content about pelvic floor consciousness and 40 of theoretical content (anatomy and practices related to PFD). Also, a 3D realistic virtual model of pelvic floor structures will be used.
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Participants will attend an 90-minutes educational online session.
Behavioral: Educational online session about PF
Despite the fact that all athletes will be invited to participate in the study, those who did not attend the educational session will be considered as control group. These participants will not receive any educational session or information about PF prior to be evaluated.
The educational online session will last 90 minutes, as follows: 10 minutes of contextualization, 40 minutes of practical content about pelvic floor consciousness and 40 of theoretical content (anatomy and practices related to PFD).
Knowledge about pelvic floor
Change in the level of knowledge about PF according to the responses to online questionnaire after attending the online educational session and compared to those athletes who do not attend educational session. To assess it, participants will reply an ad-hoc questionnaire with ten multiple-choice questions about pelvic floor structures. It will be counted the number of correct answers (0 points as the worst punctuation, 10 points as the best punctuation).
Time frame: One month
Detrimental practices related to pelvic floor dysfunctions
Change in number of detrimental practices that participants often carry out during their daily life, potentially related to pelvic floor dysfunctions, after attending the online educational session and compared to those athletes who do not attend educational session.
Time frame: One month
Healthy practices to care pelvic floor
Change in number of healthy practices to care pelvic floor that participants often carry out during their daily life, after attending the online educational session and compared to those athletes who do not attend educational session.
Time frame: One month
Gender stereotypes
Change in number of existing gender stereotypes that potentially influence PFD, after attending the online educational session and compared to those athletes who do not attend educational session.
Time frame: One month
PFD auto-reported diagnosis
It will be considered if PFD is auto-reported through the questionnaire that athletes will reply. To this end, athletes will reply five yes-no questions regarding the existence of PFD. In case of affirmative response in any of these diagnostic questions by an athlete, it will be considered that this athlete has a PFD. Between-group differences were considered.
Time frame: One month
Plan to share: No
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