Table 1 Characteristics of participants
From: Experience of Playing Sport or Exercising for Women with Pelvic Floor Symptoms: A Qualitative Study
P | Age category (years) | Level of sports participation when PF symptoms first experienced | Disclosure of PF symptoms to H/E professional in sports/exercise settings | Parous | No. of vaginal births | Presence of: | Severity | Bother | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
UI†| SUI‡ | UUI‡ | MUI‡ | AI | POP | UI | UI | AI | POP | ||||||
1 | 46–55 | Social/non-competitive | Y | Y | 3 | Y |  |  | Y |  | Y | Moderate | Moderately |  | A lot |
2 | 26–45 | Social/non-competitive | Y | Y | 2 | Y |  |  |  | Y | Y | Slight | Only a little | Somewhat | Somewhat |
3 | 26–45 | Elite | Y | Y | 1 | Y | Y |  |  |  |  | Moderate | Somewhat |  |  |
4 | 46–55 | Local club/school team | N | Y | 3 | Y | Y |  |  |  |  | Moderate | A lot |  |  |
6 | 56–65 | Social/non-competitive | N | Y | 1 | Y | Y |  |  | Y | Y | Moderate | Somewhat | Somewhat | Somewhat |
7 | 56–65 | Social/non-competitive | N | Y | 2 | Y |  |  | Y |  |  | Moderate | Moderately |  |  |
8 | 26–45 | Social/non-competitive | N | Y | 3 | Y |  |  | Y | Y | Y | Moderate | A lot | A lot | A lot |
9 | 26–45 | Social/non-competitive | Y | Y | 1 | Y | Y |  |  |  |  | Moderate | A lot |  |  |
10 | 26–45 | Local club/school team | Y | N | 0 |  |  |  |  | Y |  |  | Not at all | Not at all |  |
11 | 56–65 | Social/non-competitive | N | Y | 2 | Y |  |  |  |  |  | Slight | Moderately |  |  |
12 | 56–65 | Social/non-competitive | Y | Y | 2 | Y |  |  | Y | Y | Y | Slight | Somewhat | Somewhat | Somewhat |
13 | 46–55 | Social/non-competitive | Y | Y | 0 | Y | Y |  |  | Y |  | Moderate | Moderately | Moderately |  |
14 | 26–45 | Social/non-competitive | N | Y | 1 | Y |  |  | Y | Y | Y | Severe | Somewhat | Moderately | Moderately |
15 | 26–45 | Social/non-competitive | Y | Y | 2 | Y | Y |  |  |  | Y | Severe | A lot |  | A lot |
16 | 26–45 | Social/non-competitive | Y | Y | 2 | Y |  |  | Y |  |  | Severe | A lot |  |  |
17 | 46–55 | Social/non-competitive | N | Y | 1 | Y | Y |  |  | Y |  | Moderate | Somewhat | Only a little |  |
18 | 46–55 | Social/non-competitive | Y | Y | 2 | Y |  |  | Y | Y |  | V. severe | A lot | A lot |  |
19 | 26–45 | Social/non-competitive | N | N | 0 | Y |  |  |  |  |  | Moderate | Somewhat |  |  |
20 | 46–55 | Local club/school team | N | Y | 1 | Y | Y |  |  |  |  | Moderate | Somewhat |  |  |
21 | 26–45 | Sub-Elite | N | Y | 0 | Y |  |  | Y |  |  | Moderate | Somewhat |  |  |
22 | 56–65 | Social/non-competitive | Y | Y | 2 | Y | Y |  |  | Y |  | Slight | Only a little | Only a little |  |
23 | 26–45 | Social/non-competitive | N | N | 0 | Y |  |  | Y | Y |  | Moderate | Somewhat | Somewhat |  |
24 | 26–45 | Social/non-competitive | Y | Y | 1 | Y | Y |  |  |  | Y | Moderate | Somewhat |  | Only a little |