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

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Author	Asklund, Ina Åhman, Stina Lindam, Anna Samuelsson, Eva
Abstract	Background Between 25% and 45% of women experience urinary incontinence. The Tät® app is intended to treat stress urinary incontinence in women, and has been evaluated for efficacy and effectiveness. The level of usage of digital healthcare differs depending on demographics, and this might lead to unequal access to healthcare. This study aims to analyse the change in level of education and area of residence of users of the Tät app over time, and compare this with overall demographic data for Sweden. Methods When 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. Results The 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. Conclusions The 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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ISSN	14726963
DOI	10.1186/s12913-025-12632-w
Journal	BMC Health Services Research
Issue Number	1
Volume Number	25
Language	English
Publisher	BioMed Central
Publisher Date	2025-04-03
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Public Health Health Administration Health Informatics Nursing Research Mobile apps Pelvic floor muscle training Urinary incontinence Education Residence Demographics Socioeconomics
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Resource Type	Article
Subject	Health Policy

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