FYSIOTERAPEUTISK UNDERSÖKNING OCH BEHANDLING AV FÖRLOSSNINGSSKADA I BÄCKENBOTTEN : En kvalitativ intervjustudie
Sammanfattning: Background: Ruptures in the pelvic floor muscles is the most common childbirth injury. It affects 70 – 85 percent of the Swedish women who gives birth every year. Childbirth injuries can cause lack of motor control of the pelvic floor muscles, decreased participation and activity in the womens every day life. It also can affect the qualilty of life. The physiotherapists role in care for these patients is to examine and treat the patients problems in a biopsychosocial way to work for health benefits and provide further injuries. Purpose: The purpose is to examine physiotherapists experience of examination and rehabilitation of women with ruptures in the pelvic floor muscles caused by childbirth injuries. Method: In a qualitative descriptive interview study with a appropriate selection, interviews was done with six physiotherapists who is operative in womens health. A semi structured interview guide was used and then a manifest qualitative analysis was done with an inductive approach. Result: The analysis process showed five main categories in terms of the physiotherapists experience of examine and treat women with muscle ruptures in the pevic floor caused by childbirth injuries: ’Examination and treatment in body structure and body function level’, ’to build trust between therapist and patient’, ’work with the patients fear-avoidance behaviour’, ’work in team with other professionals’ and ’inform the patient about the injury in early state’. Two of the five main categories were divided into under categories associated to the main categories. Conclusion: The informants in the study experienced that there is a necessity to examine and rehabilitate patients out of their individual needs. They experienced that it was important to talk about the worry a lot of the patients with injuries in the pelvic floor feel and to build trust to avoid catastrophizing and fear-avoidance behaviour.
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