Tät.nu

Smartphone-based treatment programme for stress urinary incontinence

We have developed the mobile application Tät® for treatment of stress urinary incontinence in women. The app Tät® is now freely available in English for Android at Google Play and for iPhone at App Store.

The app Tät® provides a pelvic floor muscle training programme in six basic and six advanced levels, information and advice. It contains help functions, ability to create reminders, visualisation of each level of training, and a statistic function.

The effect of the mobile application has been evaluated in a study where 123 women were randomised to 3 months treatment with support of the smartphone application, or to a control group. Nine out of ten women in the app group improved, compared to two out of ten in the control group.

In order to follow the use and the effect of treatment when the app is freely available, there are some questions integrated into the app regarding age, education, rural or urban living and urinary leakage. After three months there are follow-up questions regarding urinary leakage and exercises. Answering the questionnaires are optional, and entered data is anonymously transferred to the research database. The answers cannot be traced to a specifc user or telephone number.

The study is approved by the Regional Ethical Review Board, Umeå University (Dnr 2014-389-32M).

Results have been presented at the International Continence Society 2015, see abstract 16 and 526 at
http://www.ics.org/WILEY/NAU_vol34_supl3_ppS1_S461.pdf and full results are published in September 2016 in Neurourology and Urodynamics.

11 Jun 2024

The Tät-m app has been launched in collaboration with the Swedish Prostate Cancer Federation

The name of the app has been changed from TätIII to Tät-m and it has a new logo, a new design and simpler navigation. The app is now provided via eContinence AB in collaboration with the the Swedish Prostate Cancer Federation.

Thanks to all men who have responded to the questionnaires over the years. Your contribution has helped to increase knowledge about pelvic floor muscle training and urinary leakage.

11 Mar 2024

Clinically relevant improvement depends on baseline severity

In a recently published study, we analysed how large reduction on the symptom score ICIQ –UI SF was required for a clinically relevant improvement. The results showed that it depended on the baseline severity, more symptoms required larger reductions to perceive improvement. Full-text article available here

27 Jan 2024

Treatment results at 15 weeks are important for long-term satisfaction

At the long-term follow-up after 15 months, 58% of the women were satisfied with treatment of mixed and urgency urinary incontinence with the app Tät®II. In further analyses, important factors for long-term satisfaction were quality of life at baseline, along with ability to endure urgency, and confidence in pelvic floor contraction at short-term-follow up. Full-text article available here The Tät®II app is currently not available, but a new study is planned.

20 Jun 2023

The Tät® III app in a new updated version

We have previously demonstrated that this app facilitates training for men undergoing radical prostatectomy. More than 10 000 men have used the app. Now, we want to study if the app affects the need for contacts with health care facilities. The app is updated with new content, new illustrations and questionnaires. The app is free to download at App Store and Google Play.

30 Aug 2022

A brand new version of the Tät® app is now available from App Store

The pink app, which is now being produced by eContinence AB, contains simpler free content and the possibility to upgrade to Premium with new exciting content and new features. Initially the app will not be available in all countries due to the CE marking regulations there. Find out more here

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