A pre-experimental study to assess the effectiveness of kegel exercise in prevention of urinary incontinence among postnatal mother admitted in sree balaji medical college and hospital, at chrompet, chennai

Urinary incontinence is one of the most common complications. This makes most of the women embarrassed in many of the situations. Various interventions are available for preventing and treating urinary incontinence, including medication, medical devices and surgery. However mainly pelvic floor muscle (kegel) exercises which involve exercising the muscles involved in passing urine ma easiest to implement is under resourced settings, since it needs no special equipment, additional health care infrastructure or other resources. One group Pre-test and post test research design, Non probability convenient sampling technique is used, a type of pre-experimental research was used for the study and evaluative research approach was adopted. Based on the finding the study concluded that kegel exercises found to be effective in reducing on urinary incontinence. Hence kegel exercises must emphasized during postnatal period in reduce the risk of urinary in continence and strengthening the pelvic floor muscles.