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ArticleBMC health services research2025

Trends in level of education and area of residence of users of a mobile app to support treatment of urinary incontinence.

Ina Asklund, Stina Åhman, Anna Lindam, Eva Samuelsson

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Ina AsklundDepartment of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden. ina.asklund@umu.se.
Stina ÅhmanDepartment of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden.
Anna LindamDepartment of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Unit of Research, Education, and Development-Östersund, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden.
Eva SamuelssonDepartment of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden.

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backgroundBetween 25% and 45% of women experience urinary incontinence. The Tät

methodsWhen the app was downloaded, the user was invited to respond anonymously to a questionnaire. We included women aged 18-89 years living in Sweden. We weighted the app data to reflect the age distribution of the general female population of Sweden. We then compared the users' level of education and area of residence with data from Statistics Sweden.

resultsThe study encompassed 153,819 users between 2016 and 2021. The percentage of Tät users with university education decreased from 63.14% (95% CI 62.16-64.11) to 61.07% (95% CI 60.53-61.61), and the percentage of users with fewer than 7 years of education increased from 0.02% (95% CI 0.006-0.077) to 1.94% (95% CI 1.80-2.10). In contrast to this, the Statistics Sweden data comparing 2016 with 2020, showed an increase in the category "university or higher education institution" from 38.94 to 42.10% and a decrease in the other categories. Comparing Tät users' area of residence between 2018 and 2021 showed an increase in the amount of users living in rural areas from 16.90% (95% CI 16.44-17.37) to 20.53% (95% CI 20.08-20.98). Data from Statistics Sweden did not show any significant change, and in 2020 6.23% of women in Sweden lived in rural areas.

conclusionsThe proportion of Tät users in both the highest and the lowest educational categories had changed to be more like the overall Swedish female population. The proportion of Tät users living in rural areas had increased and was considerably larger than for the population in general. We thus see positive trends in the distribution of users, although users with a university education are still over-represented.

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Educational StatusMobile ApplicationsResidence CharacteristicsUrinary IncontinenceAdolescentAdultAgedAged, 80 and overFemaleHumansMiddle AgedSurveys and QuestionnairesSwedenYoung AdultDemographicsEducationMobile appsPelvic floor muscle trainingResidenceSocioeconomicsUrinary incontinence

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