EFFECTIVENESS OF HYPOPRESSIVE EXERCISE VERSUS POSTURAL CORRECTION ON STRESS URINARY INCONTINENCE AND DEPRESSION AMONG POST MENOPAUSAL WOMEN

Stress urinary incontinence (SUI) is most prevalent gynaecological urinary disease among post menopause woman. It has negative impact on various areas of the woman's life, including physical, psychological, sexual, social and occupational aspects. Many non- pharmacological methods are accessible for the management of SUI, both hypopressive exercises and postural corrective options for non-invasive and cost-effective modalities of management that can be employed to prevent the occurrence of stress urinary incontinence and to decrease its severity. In this comparative study 40 subjects were selected and divided into 2 groups with 20 on each. As group a was given with Hypopressive training and group B was given with postural correction. The intervention was given 30 minutes per day for alternate days for 8 weeks. Stress Urinary Incontinence was measured by ICIQ-SF and Depression was measured using Depression Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HDRS). On comparing Mean Values of Hamilton Depression Rating Scale and ICIQ-SF Questionnaire scores Between pre-test and post-test within the Group-A and Group-B shows highly significant difference at p≤ 0.001. Hence the null hypothesis is rejected. The study concludes that both group A hypopressive exercises and group B Postural correction had shown improvement in ICIQ-UI and Hamilton depression rating scale among post-menopausal women, but more significant improvement was observed in patients who underwent hypopressive exercises than Postural correction. This will give adequate support to the patient to get recovery from the condition.