PERFORMANCE OF PHYSIOTHERAPY IN THE GYNECOLOGICAL WARD: A RETROSPECTIVE STUDY

• DOI: 10.22533/at.ed.1592792210122

• Palavras-chave: Gynecology. Physiotherapy. Primary Health Care.

• Keywords: Gynecology. Physiotherapy. Primary Health Care.

• Abstract:

  This study aimed to characterize the population assisted by the physiotherapy service in the gynecological ward and to identify the most adopted strategies for physiotherapy. Retrospective study with medical records of consultations carried out in the gynecological ward attended by the Physiotherapy service of the Primary Care Internship of the Physiotherapy course at Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie, including medical records and screening of women attended from February 2019 to September 2022 in a maternity from the city of São Paulo. The population studied has an average age of 47 years, 35.8% have completed high school, 2.5% are domestic workers and 47% are married. The most common type of delivery reported was normal with 50.8%. Among the procedures performed, abdominal hysterectomy was the most frequent (24.3%). Regarding urine loss, 22.4% reported stress urinary incontinence. About the contraction of the pelvic floor, 57.6% claimed not to perform. As for the subsequent physiotherapeutic referral, 66.8% did not need physiotherapeutic follow-up after hospital discharge.