Barriers to Adherence to Remote Pelvic Floor Muscle Training Among Postpartum Women: A Qualitative Study Guided by the COM-B Model
Dan Zhou, Xiao Ni, Ming Ding, Huangfei Shi · 2026
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New mothers often stop remote pelvic floor exercises, and a 2026 qualitative study by Dan Zhou asks why, using a behavior framework. Interviews with fifteen postpartum women at a rehabilitation clinic in Wuxi, China, explored adherence to app- and platform-based pelvic floor muscle training done at home.
Analysis sorted eleven barriers into capability, opportunity, and motivation groups from the COM-B model. Knowledge and skill gaps, physical discomfort, the burden of infant care, thin professional and family support, and shaky confidence all appeared in the accounts. Barriers fed each other: weak knowledge dulled urgency, and missing feedback deepened skill doubts, suggesting fixes must work on several fronts at once.
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| CREATOR | Dan Zhou, Xiao Ni, Ming Ding, Huangfei Shi |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 41 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |