ArticleBMC nursing2022
Effectiveness of mobile apps to improve urinary incontinence: a systematic review of randomised controlled trials.
Article in BMC nursing, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05909969 (Development and Validation of the Pelvi-Fit App for Women With Urinary Incontinence.), which is not on this map. Cited by 21 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Development and Validation of the Pelvi-Fit App for Women With Urinary Incontinence.
Who cites it
21 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- The Rehabilitative Effects of Online Pelvic Floor Muscle Exercises on Female Urinary Incontinence Across Various Life Stages: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.International journal of nursing practice · 2026Pooled it
- Telerehabilitation in the management of urinary incontinence in women: a narrative review.BMC women's health · 2026Pooled it
- Efficacy of mobile apps for urinary incontinence in women: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Frontiers in public health · 2026Pooled it
- Effect of pelvic floor muscle training using mobile health applications for stress urinary incontinence in women: a systematic review.BMC women's health · 2022Pooled it
- Digital Therapeutic FEMANEA® for Women with Stress and Mixed Urinary Incontinence: A Randomized Controlled Pilot Study.International urogynecology journal · 2026Trial
- Mobile App-Based Self-Management of Urinary Incontinence in Pregnant Women: Multicenter Pragmatic Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Trial
- Effect of a Mobile App-Based Urinary Incontinence Self-Management Intervention Among Pregnant Women in China: Pragmatic Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2023Trial
- Review
- Chinese Mobile Health Apps for Preventing and Managing Pelvic Floor Dysfunction: Quality Assessment and Content Analysis.Journal of medical Internet research · 2026Article
- Diagnosis and management of urinary incontinence in females.CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne · 2026Review
- Effects of lifestyle intervention by a nurse-led app on the prevention of symptoms in postpartum women: a randomized controlled trial.BMC nursing · 2025Article
- Validation and usability assessment of a mobile application on first aid for children for professionals in basic education.Journal of education and health promotion · 2025Article
- Clinical efficacy of a rehabilitation management protocol for urinary incontinence after robot-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2024Article
- Analyze, design, develop, implement, and evaluate approach to develop a pelvic floor muscle training guidebook to treat stress urinary incontinence in women.Obstetrics & gynecology science · 2024Article
- Article
- Mobile health application for the treatment of urinary incontinence after radical prostatectomy: development and quality analysis.Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da U S P · 2024Article
- An umbrella review of effectiveness and efficacy trials for app-based health interventions.NPJ digital medicine · 2023Review
- Exploring Adherence to Pelvic Floor Muscle Training in Women Using Mobile Apps: Scoping Review.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2023Article
- Development and evaluation of a rehabilitation training compliance scale for patients with urinary incontinence.BMC nursing · 2023Article
- Understanding the Technological Landscape of Home Health Aides: Scoping Literature Review and a Landscape Analysis of Existing mHealth Apps.Journal of medical Internet research · 2022Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
3 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
introductionPelvic floor exercises are effective in the treatment of urinary incontinence (UI) and are routinely prescribed, along with bladder training, by primary healthcare providers as first line conservative management. Mobile phone applications are increasingly popular within the healthcare setting and can provide opportunities for patients to complete treatments at home. To date, there has not been a systematic review examining outcomes from randomised controlled trials on the effectiveness of mobile applications to improve UI.
methodsA systematic review of randomized controlled trials evaluating the effectiveness of mobile applications to improve UI was carried out according to the PRISMA reporting guidelines. The online databases MEDLINE, Embase, PsychINFO, CINAHL, Web of Science, Scopus, The Cochrane Library, Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI), Google Scholar were searched for papers published between 2007 to 2020. Keywords and MeSH terms were used to identify relevant English language studies. The quality and risk of bias within included studies was assessed by two independent reviewers, RCT JBI critical appraisal tool. Due to heterogeneity in the outcome of studies, a meta-analysis of the data could not be conducted.
findingsFour studies reported an improvement in the outcome assessed post-intervention, suggesting that using mobile phone applications for pelvic floor muscle training (PFMT) was an acceptable and valid intervention to improve UI.
conclusionMobile applications for PFMT indicated that increase adherence to treatment and decrease UI. The integration of this treatment modality into current practice is recommended. Mobile phone applications for PFMT show promise in the conservative management of UI. Further research is required to support the use of this technology in the conservative management of UI.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.