2.3. Intervention
During an initial individual in-person evaluation session, participant eligibility was confirmed by an experienced local physiotherapist with specialized training in pelvic floor rehabilitation. During this session, the physiotherapist also took the time to teach the participant how to correctly contract her pelvic floor muscles (PFMs) through digital vaginal palpation and verbal cues [Participants who were able to voluntarily contract their pelvic floor muscles following a verbal command by the end of the evaluation session were deemed eligible and then took part in the teleGROUP program [A videoconference connection link, which was unique for each cohort, was sent weekly via email to all participants two to three days before the session. No login was required, and participants could click to join the session directly from the email they received. Each weekly virtual session began with a 1–3 min individual exchange between the physiotherapist and each participating woman in a private breakout room to quantify UI episodes and exercise adherence in the previous week. In the meantime, the rest of the group were invited to socialize in the Zoom meeting’s “main room”. All sessions were then divided into a 10–15 min educational component and a 30–45 min PFMT exercise component. More detail on both the educational and exercise components of the teleGROUP program are available in 