Article ; Online: Pediatric intensive bowel continence rehabilitation training: a retrospective study to evaluate feasibility, tolerance and effectiveness.
2024
Abstract: Background: Pediatric continence dysfunction is not uncommon. It causes long-term disability, impairing quality of life, activities and relationships with pears and can affect until adulthood. A high-risk population are children with Hirschsprung's ... ...
| Abstract | Background: Pediatric continence dysfunction is not uncommon. It causes long-term disability, impairing quality of life, activities and relationships with pears and can affect until adulthood. A high-risk population are children with Hirschsprung's disease and congenital anorectal malformation. Conservative medical and surgical management of continence dysfunction in this population is deeply described, while the rehabilitation issues are still unexplored. Aim of this study is to preliminary verify the feasibility, tolerance and effectiveness of an intensive technological aided and individualized pelvic floor rehabilitation program for pediatric patients. Methods: This is a single-center, retrospective observational study. The assessment was performed by collecting demographic data, general and local physical examination and scoring assessment tools (Rintala Continence Score and Wexner Score). The study was conducted in the Rehabilitation Unit of the pediatric Giannina Gaslini Institute, a tertiary care pediatric hospital in Genoa (Italy) between September 2015 to August 2019. We enrolled 31 children; 25 male (80.6%) and six females (19%), aged between 5 and 14 years (mean age 9 years) at the beginning of the training. Twenty children (65.5%) had Hirschsprung's disease, and 11 children (34.5%) had a congenital anorectal malformation. The rehabilitation training program was customized on the compromised function, the anatomic characteristics, the child's age and compliance. The training was aimed at improving tone, strength, endurance of the pelvic floor, compliance and rectal sensitivity, and also the frequency of the bowel movements. All patients enrolled in the study underwent an intensive outpatient treatment lasted 5 days for children older than 7 years; 10 days for younger. The intensive rehabilitation treatment was followed by a continuous home training program. Results: Twenty-nine children (96.8%) completed the training. A global improvement is observed in continence functioning in all the cohort at T1 (P<0.0001), maintained at T3 (P<0.0001) at both Rintala Continence Score and Wexner Score. No adverse effects have been referred. Conclusions: Our specific pediatric training program for pelvic floor rehabilitation is effective and safe for children with continence dysfunctions after pelvic surgery due to Hirschsprung's disease and anorectal malformations. The continence rehabilitation multimodal program should be integrated in the care of children with continence dysfunctions. It cooperates in the prevention of the long-term health global impairment and also in the reduction of social economic effort. |
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| Language | English |
| Publishing date | 2024-02-20 |
| Publishing country | Italy |
| Document type | Journal Article |
| ZDB-ID | 3062664-X |
| ISSN | 2724-5780 |
| ISSN (online) | 2724-5780 |
| DOI | 10.23736/S2724-5276.23.07377-9 |
| Database | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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