Adhesión de las mujeres embarazadas a los ejercicios para fortalecer el suelo pélvico

Objective: To analyse the adherence of pregnant women to pelvic floor muscle exercises (PFME) during pregnancy. Methods: Prospective study, with 315 pregnant women; data collection was performed by phone and face-to-face; data analysis was descriptive and inferential with 5% significance level. Results: In the first half of pregnancy, the total adherence was 36.5%; when gathered total adherence and partial adherence, the percentage reached was 54%; during pregnancy, there was a gradual decrease (from 46% to 39.7%) of women who reported no adherence; there was no significant association between adherence and the sociodemographic, obstetric and clinics characteristics. Conclusion: The majority of pregnant women in all trimesters of pregnancy reported total or partial adherence to PFME; it was highly positive the proportion of women who reported performing PFME