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They were categorized into mild and moderate to severe SUI. One-hour pad test from 2 to 10 g was defined as mild SUI, and \u226511 g was defined as moderate to severe SUI. Results: Fifty-seven patients were reviewed during the study period. Incontinence-related symptoms of distress, including the UDI-6, ISI, and VAS, all significantly improved in the mild SUI group (p = 0.001, p = 0.001 and p = 0.010, respectively), while only UDI-6 and VAS statistically improved in the moderate to severe SUI group (p = 0.027 and p = 0.010, respectively). There was significant improvement in IIQ-7 in the mild SUI group during serial treatments, but only in Session 6 in the moderate to severe SUI group. After 18 sessions of treatment, the UDI-6, ISI, and IIQ-7 scores showed significantly greater improvements in the mild SUI group compared to the moderate to severe SUI group (p = 0.003, p = 0.025, and p = 0.002, respectively). Conclusions: Although biofeedback and electrical stimulation-assisted PFMT is an effective treatment option for SUI, it is more beneficial for patients with mild SUI and a 1-h pad weight \u2264 10 g urine leak.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/jcm11216424","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,10,30]],"date-time":"2022-10-30T07:26:50Z","timestamp":1667114810000},"page":"6424","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":10,"title":["Efficacy of Biofeedback and Electrostimulation-Assisted Pelvic Floor Muscle Training between Women with Mild and Moderate to Severe Stress Urinary Incontinence"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"11","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-0122-2329","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jiun-Chyi","family":"Hwang","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Medicine, Mackay Medical College, New Taipei 252, Taiwan"},{"name":"Devision of Urogynecology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei 104, Taiwan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Fang-Ju","family":"Sun","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Medical Research, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei 251, Taiwan"},{"name":"Mackay Medicine, Nursing and Management College, Taipei 251, Taiwan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Tsung-Hsien","family":"Su","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Medicine, Mackay Medical College, New Taipei 252, Taiwan"},{"name":"Devision of Urogynecology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei 104, Taiwan"},{"name":"Mackay Medicine, Nursing and Management College, Taipei 251, Taiwan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Hui-Hsuan","family":"Lau","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Medicine, Mackay Medical College, New Taipei 252, Taiwan"},{"name":"Devision of Urogynecology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei 104, Taiwan"},{"name":"Mackay Medicine, Nursing and Management College, Taipei 251, Taiwan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,10,29]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"4","DOI":"10.1002\/nau.20798","article-title":"International Urogynecological Association; International Continence Society. 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