Physiotherapy through mobile app and connected device
Physiotherapy through mobile app and connected device: Multimodal physiotherapy through the Oups! mobile app and connected device including pelvic floor muscle exercises 5x/week, an educational video 1x/week, and a motivational video 1x/week. The connected device allows instant feedback about the quality of their contractions and adjusts the goals for each exercise.
Study summary
This project aims to evaluate the usability, acceptability, and impact of the Oups! mobile app and a connected Bluetooth dynamometer for at-home PFM training to treat UI. The study will:
1. assess usability and participant feedback on the Oups! app, identifying improvements;
2. evaluate the usability and acceptability of the dynamometer during assessment and home practice, noting potential enhancements; and
3. measure the effects of the app and device on UI symptoms, quality of life, and PFM function post-treatment.
Eligibility
Sex
FEMALE
Min age
55 Years
Max age
—
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion Criteria:
* Women
* 55 years +
* Stress or mixed UI symptoms with predominantly stress UI symptoms
* At least 3 or more urinary leaks/week
* Able to ambulate safely
* Understand simple instruction in French, written and verbally
* Basic understanding of how to use a tablet or mobile phone
* Willing to participate in a gynecological exam
* Able to properly contract the PFM
* Provide informed consent.
Exclusion Criteria:
* Urge UI symptoms or mixed incontinence with primarily urgency
* Neurological condition
* Grade 3 or 4 of pelvic organ prolapse (POP)
* Any other acute or chronic condition likely to interfere with the mobile app and/or connected object
* Risk factors likely to interfere with the mobile app and/or connected object (i.e.: chronic constipation, chronic cough)
* Medications that can interfere with the mobile app and/or connected object
* Received UI treatments in the last year.
Primary outcome measure(s)
Percent change in the number of UI episodes — at recruitment and 13 weeks after recruitment evaluated with a 7-day bladder diary
Trial sites (1)
Facility
City
Region
Status
Women's Health and Aging Laboratory - CRIUGM
Montreal
Quebec
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