Pelvic Pain of Myofascial Origin in Women: Correlation with Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms

Table 3

Characteristics and mean questionnaire scores in women with high and normal pelvic floor muscle tone.

	High PFMT (n = 39)	Normal PFMT (n = 71)	value
Age (mean, SD)	57.1 (±17.8)	53.6 (±15.3)	0.29
Hysterectomy, n (%)	17 (43.5%)	15 (21%)	0.009
Previous pelvic floor surgery	7 (17.8%)	9 (12.5%)	0.16
Parity, n (%)	33 (85%)	44 (62%)	0.007
(i) C. section (%)	8 (24%)	15 (21%)	0.16
(ii) Instrumental delivery (%)	6 (15%)	7 (10%)	0.09
(iii) Birth weight, gr (mean, SD)	3529 (±500)	3605 (±595)	0.67
Questionnaire score (mean, SD)	11.18 (±2.9)	6.61 (±3.7)	<0.001
(i) Bladder score	4.68 (1.76)	3.18 (1.18)	<0.001
(ii) Bowel score	2.81 (1.48)	1.79 (1.26)	0.001
(iii) Prolapse score	2.10 (1.49)	0.63 (1.05)	0.002
(iv) Sexual domain score	2.02 (2.20)	1.01 (1.23)	0.001

Characteristics and mean questionnaire scores in women with high and normal pelvic floor muscle tone (PFMT) as assessed by digital examination. values of characteristics reported in % are based on the chi-squared test (age, previous hysterectomy, previous pelvic floor surgery, and parity); values for the questionnaire scores were reported based on the Kruskal–Wallis test. Birth weight in case of vaginal delivery. Adjustments for the following confounders were made: CCI, parity, and previous hysterectomy.