Current Terminology of Pelvic Floor Dysfunctions Kadınlarda Pelvik Taban Bozukluklarının Güncel Terminolojisi
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Review DOI: 10.14235/bas.galenos.2020.4009 Bezmialem Science 2021;9(2):236-43 Current Terminology of Pelvic Floor Dysfunctions Kadınlarda Pelvik Taban Bozukluklarının Güncel Terminolojisi Büşra YILMAZ, Ergül ASLAN İstanbul University-Cerrahpaşa Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Department of Women’s Health and Gynecologic Nursing, İstanbul, Turkey ABSTRACT ÖZ Pelvic floor disorders (PFD) affect the quality of life of millions Pelvik taban bozuklukları (PTB) dünya genelinde milyonlarca of people worldwide. PFD, which increase in frequency with kişinin yaşam kalitesini etkiler. İlerleyen yaşla sıklığı artan PTB advancing age, affect not only the individual with the symptoms yalnızca semptomu olan bireyi değil ailesini, bakım verenleri ve but also the family, caregivers and the society. Increased diagnostic toplumu etkiler. Tanılama yöntemlerinin ve tedavide uygulamaların methods and applications in treatment cause complexity in artması semptom terminolojisinde de karmaşıklığa sebep symptom terminology. For this reason, international organizations olmaktadır. Bu sebeple PTB ile ilgilenen uluslararası kuruluşlar dealing with PFD have been working for updating definitions uzun yıllardır tanımların güncellenmesi ve/veya yeni tanımların and/or adding new definitions for many years. Accordingly, eklenmesi amacıyla çalışmalar yürütmektedir. Bu doğrultuda the symptoms of PFD are; urinary, pelvic organ prolapse, sexual PTB semptomları; üriner, pelvik organ prolapsusu, cinsel işlev dysfunction, lower urinary tract pain and/or other pelvic pain and bozukluğu, alt üriner sistem ağrısı ve/veya diğer pelvik ağrı ve anorectal dysfunction. In the diagnosis and treatment stages of PFD anorektal disfonksiyon olarak gruplandırılmıştır. PTB’nin tanı ve and in studies, expressing the symptoms in a common language tedavi aşamalarında ve araştırmalarda semptomların ortak bir dille is very important for achieving standardization. Standardization ifade edilmesi standardizasyon sağlanabilmesi açısından oldukça in terminology will provide consensus and increase the success of önemlidir. Terminolojide standardizasyon fikir birliğini sağlayarak treatment and prevention of PFD symptoms. The aim of this review pelvik taban bozukluğu semptomlarının tedavisi ve önlenmesinde is to examine the standardized current terminology of the symptoms başarıyı artıracaktır. Bu derlemenin amacı PTB semptomlarının of PFD in the light of the literature. standardize güncel terminolojisini literatür doğrultusunda Keywords: Pelvic floor disorder, symptom, standardized incelemektir. terminology, female Anahtar Sözcükler: Pelvik taban bozukluğu, semptom, standardize terminoloji, kadın Address for Correspondence: Büşra YILMAZ, İstanbul University-Cerrahpaşa Florence Nightingale Received: 24.05.2020 Faculty of Nursing, Department of Women’s Health and Gynecologic Nursing, İstanbul, Turkey Accepted: 06.01.2021 E-mail: [email protected] ORCID ID: orcid.org/0000-0001-6937-5351 Cite this article as: Yılmaz B, Aslan E. Current Terminology of Pelvic Floor Dysfunctions. Bezmialem Science 2021;9(2):236-43. ©Copyright 2021 by the Bezmiâlem Vakıf University Bezmiâlem Science published by Galenos Publishing House. 236 Bezmialem Science 2021;9(2):236-43 Introduction many years. The terminology reports of the Standardized Terminology Committee published in 1988 and 2002 are among Urinary, genital and intestinal systems located in the pelvic floor the first examples in this field (7,8). As a result of the joint are intricately linked with each other in terms of anatomical studies of the International Urogynecological Association and structure and function. The striated muscles of the pelvic floor the International Continence Association, a joint report on the together with their fascial connections prevent the displacement terminology for female pelvic floor dysfunction was published of the pelvic organs, maintain urinary and fecal control, provide in 2010 (9). As a result of the joint efforts of the International dynamic support, increase satisfaction in sexual life, and create a Consultation on Urological Diseases and the International driving force in the expulsion phase of normal birth (1). The pelvic Continence Association, the terminology of symptoms, diagnosis floor, which is desired to continue its life-long functions without and treatment processes related to urinary incontinence and fecal any problems, may be insufficient to maintain its function for incontinence were updated with the title of “incontinence” in some reasons. Female gender, Caucasian race, low education 2017 (10). level, excessive caffeine and cigarette consumption, obesity, difficult and traumatic birth, advanced age and postmenopausal The purpose of this review is to examine the current standardized period are among the main factors that disrupt the pelvic floor terminology of PFD symptoms in accordance with the literature. structure. Other factors that disrupt the pelvic floor muscle structure are chronic cough, chronic constipation, multiple Standardized Terminology for Symptom Groups of Pelvic sclerosis, diabetes, joint problems, connective tissue weakness, Floor Disorder previous pelvic surgery, hysterectomy and urinary tract infection. Symptom is a sign of a health problem or disease perceived by The most important features of pelvic floor disorders (PFD) the woman as a deviation from normal in structure, function, are the pelvic floor muscles being loose or tense than normal, perception or experience. Symptoms either occur spontaneously pelvic pain and increased or decreased sensitivity. In the clinic, or are subjective data reported by the individual and/or the symptoms are grouped by associating them with complaints caregiver. Symptom groups are urinary symptoms, lower urinary such as urinary/fecal incontinence, defecation problems, pelvic tract pain and/or other pelvic pain, urinary tract infection, POP, organ prolapse (POP), sexual dysfunction, chronic pelvic pain, sexual dysfunction, and symptoms of anorectal dysfunction and vulvodynia (2). Mortality rates associated with PFD are (9,11). While some definitions remained the same in the updating not high, but problems such as POP, pelvic organ dysfunction, phase of the terminology of PFD symptoms in the literature, dyspareunia, back pain, sexual dysfunction and decreased sexual some definitions were highlighted with the expressions “new”, satisfaction cause a decrease in the quality of life of women (3). “updated” or “changed”. Table 1 includes definitions regarding In addition, PFD treatment brings a significant financial burden the current terminology of PFDs in women. for individuals and public resources. It is estimated that more than one billion dollars are spent annually on the treatment of Conclusion PFDs in the United States of America (4). Although PFDs are common all over the world, they cannot be adequately addressed Increasing diagnosis and treatment methods in PFDs have caused due to both the delay in the admission of the patient and the lack the symptom terminology to become complex. For this reason, of standard criteria for diagnosis (5). Increasing and complexity organizations such as the International Continence Association, of definitions, diagnosis and treatment methods related to the the International Urogynecology Association, the European symptoms of PFDs increased the need for new terminologies. Association of Urology, the American Urology Association and Lack of standardization in the diagnostic criteria of PFDs and the Canadian Urology Association carry out studies and publish the use of their own definitions by centers may cause ambiguity reports on updating and standardizing the terminology of in terminology, confusion and interdisciplinary communication pelvic dysfunction symptoms. The use of common terminology gaps (6). It is very important to standardize the definitions of in expressing the symptoms of PFDs is very important in PFD symptoms in the diagnosis and treatment process of PFD terms of standardization. In this review, which deals with the and in studies conducted. This standardization is beneficial in current terminology of pelvic dysfunction symptoms, existing, providing language and notion consensus, and increases the newly added, amended and updated definitions of symptoms success in diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of symptoms in are included. These definitions will be added in future studies PFD (5). The International Continence Society has pioneered and will play a facilitating role in the understanding of the the standardization of the definitions of PFD symptoms for terminology to be updated. 237 Yılmaz and Aslan. Pelvic Floor Disorder, Terminology Table 1. Definitions for current terminology of pelvic floor disorders in women 1. Urinary symptoms: Urinary symptoms are divided into three groups as those related to urine storage, those related to urinate, and post- micturition symptoms (11). 1.1. Storage symptoms: They are the lower urinary tract symptoms that occur during the storage phase of the bladder (New) (11). 1.1.1. Increased urinary frequency: It is Increased daytime urinary frequency: It is the expression that urination occurs more frequently the occurrence of urinary sensation more during waking hours than is considered normal by the individual/caregivers (Changed) (11). frequently than is considered normal by the individual/caregivers. Time of day and number Nocturia: It is one or more waking complaints for the need to urinate. The patient continues to of urination are not specified