Table 1 Baseline and follow-up characteristics after 3 months of self-managing urinary incontinence via a mobile app (n = 1,733)
From: Minimum important difference of the ICIQ-UI SF score after self-management of urinary incontinence
All participants | Participants by incontinence severity | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Slight | Moderate | Severe/very severe | |||||
Baseline factors | |||||||
Age, mean (SD) | 46.50 (13.29) | 45.21 (13.36) | 46.51 (13.22) | 47.93 (13.34) | |||
Education, n (%) | |||||||
≤ 9 years of school | 47 (2.7) | 6 (1.7) | 26 (2.5) | 15 (4.7) | |||
10–12 years of school | 380 (21.9) | 64 (18.1) | 214 (20.2) | 102 (31.9) | |||
University or college | 1 306 (75.4) | 284 (80.2) | 819 (77.3) | 203 (63.4) | |||
Dwelling, n % | |||||||
Rural area | 299 (17.3) | 52 (14.7) | 188 (17.8) | 59 (18.4) | |||
Urban area < 50 000 inhabitants | 461 (26.6) | 92 (26.0) | 276 (26.1) | 93 (29.1) | |||
Urban area 50 000–1 million inhabitants | 671 (38.7) | 148 (41.8) | 397 (37.5) | 126 (39.4) | |||
Metropolitan area ≥ 1 million inhabitants | 302 (17.4) | 62 (17.5) | 198 (18.7) | 42 (13.1) | |||
Type of urinary incontinence, n %* | |||||||
Stress Urinary Incontinence | 949 (54.8) | 229 (64.7) | 583 (55.1) | 137 (42.8) | |||
Mixed Urinary Incontinence | 549 (31.7) | 74 (20.9) | 335 (31.6) | 140 (43.8) | |||
Urgency Urinary Incontinence | 188 (10.8) | 45 (12.7) | 108 (10.2 | 35 (10.9) | |||
Other Urinary Incontinence | 47 (2.7) | 6 (1.7) | 33 (3.1) | 8 (2.5) | |||
ICIQ-UI SF, mean (SD) | 8.92 (3.77) | 4.39 (0.69) | 8.60 (1.97) | 14.99 (1.92) | |||
Factors at follow-up | |||||||
ICIQ-UI SF, mean (SD) | 7.50 (3.84) | 4.51 (2.36) | 7.20 (3.05) | 11.81 (3.76) | |||
Frequency of PFMT, n (%) | |||||||
No, never | 154 (8.9) | 41 (11.6) | 79 (7.5) | 34 (10.6) | |||
Less than once a week | 401 (23.1) | 96 (27.1) | 236 (22.3) | 69 (21.6) | |||
1–6 times a week | 639 (36.9) | 115 (32.5) | 415 (39.2) | 109 (34.1) | |||
Every day | 433 (25.0) | 84 (23.7) | 268 (25.3) | 81 (25.3) | |||
Three times a day or more | 106 (6.1) | 18 (5.1) | 61 (5.8) | 27 (8.4) | |||
Usage of the app, n (%) | |||||||
Have not used it at all | 185 (10.7) | 44 (12.4) | 98 (9.3) | 43 (13.4) | |||
About once a month | 231 (13.3) | 50 (14.1) | 141 (13.3) | 40 (12.5) | |||
About once a week | 368 (21.2) | 76 (21.5) | 235 (22.2) | 57 (17.8) | |||
About once a day | 489 (28.2) | 105 (29.7) | 308 (29.1) | 76 (23.8) | |||
Several times a day | 460 (26.5) | 79 (22.3) | 277 (26.2) | 104 (32.5) | |||