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Trial reportActa obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica2017

Self-management of stress urinary incontinence via a mobile app: two-year follow-up of a randomized controlled trial.

Victoria Hoffman, Lars Söderström, Eva Samuelsson

Abstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 42 papers, 12 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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3 authors.

Victoria HoffmanDepartment of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8271-184X
Lars SöderströmUnit of Research, Education and Development - Östersund, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden.
Eva SamuelssonDepartment of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8549-0007

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionWe investigated the long-term effects of using a mobile app to treat stress urinary incontinence with a focus on pelvic floor muscle training. MATERIAL AND

methodsA previous randomized controlled trial of 123 women aged 27-72 years found that three months of self-managing stress urinary incontinence with support from the Tät

resultsOf the 62 women, 61 and 46 (75.4%), respectively, participated in three-month and two-year follow-ups. Baseline data did not differ between responders and non-responders at follow-up. The mean decreases in International Consultation on Incontinence Questionnaire Short Form and ICIQ-Lower Urinary Tract Symptom Quality of Life scores after two years were 3.1 (95% confidence interval 2.0-4.2) and 4.0 (95% confidence interval 2.1-5.9), respectively. Of the 46 women, four (8.7%) rated themselves as very much better, nine (19.6%) as much better, and 16 (34.8%) as a little better. The use of incontinence protection products decreased significantly (p = 0.04), and the proportion of women who felt they could contract their pelvic muscles correctly increased from 14/46 (30.4%) at baseline to 31/46 (67.4%) at follow-up (p < 0.001).

conclusionsSelf-management of stress urinary incontinence with support from the Tät

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AdultAgedExercise TherapyFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansMiddle AgedMobile ApplicationsPelvic FloorQuality of LifeSelf CareSurveys and QuestionnairesTelemedicineUrinary Incontinence, StressMobile applicationspelvic floor muscle trainingself-managementstress urinary incontinencewomen

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PMCPMC5638068

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