MALE URINARY INCONTINENCE AND THE DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY: EVALUATION OF MOBILE APPLICATIONS AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD

Machado, Adriana Ferreira; Estevam, Fabrícia Eduarda Baia; Izidoro, Lívia Cristina de Rezende; Oliveira, Hugo Miranda de; Anjos, Filipe Maciel de Souza dos; Carvalho, Sérgio Teixeira de; Mata, Luciana Regina Ferreira da

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ORIGINAL ARTICLE • Cogitare Enferm. 27 • 2022 • https://doi.org/10.5380/ce.v27i0.87470 copy

MALE URINARY INCONTINENCE AND THE DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY: EVALUATION OF MOBILE APPLICATIONS AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD

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ABSTRACT

Objective

to evaluate the suitability and usefulness of mobile apps aimed at urinary incontinence rehabilitation in the male population.

Method

descriptive study, carried out with apps directed to the rehabilitation of male urinary incontinence. The apps were obtained from the Play Store and App Store. The search was conducted between May 3 and 10, 2021, in Minas Gerais, Brazil. The terms “urinary incontinence”, “incontinencia urinaria”, “urinary incontinence”, and “Kegel” were used for selection. The applications were described and evaluated as established in the Applications Scoring System items.

Results

Twenty-two apps were selected. Three were specific for men; three addressed exercises for pelvic muscle strengthening and voiding diary simultaneously; and five were compatible with both online stores.

Conclusion

most of the available apps have limited functionality and information about male urinary incontinence. This study is expected to contribute to the development of more comprehensive and appropriate software for the male urinary incontinent population.

DESCRIPTORS:
Urinary Incontinence; Mobile Applications; Technology; Health Education; Men’s Health.

Code	Name	Developer	Category	Target Audience	Language	Year of publication	Evaluation by the users
App 1	Consortia Health	Consortia Medicine	Health and Fitness	Men and women	English	2019	Does not present
App 2	Day2Day	Coloplast Productos Medicos S. A	Health and Fitness	Men and women	Spanish	2016	Does not present
App 3	Easy Kegel	Dream Bear Ltda	Health and Fitness	Men and women	English	2019	4.6
App 4	Easy Squeezy - Pelvic floor exercises	Mtv Mobile	Health and Fitness	Men and women	English	2017	3.9
App 5	Ipelvis	Ipelvis	Health and Fitness	Men and women	Portuguese and English	2019	3.7
App 6	Kegel Exercise for Men & Women - Step by Step Guide	Academiaapps	Health and Fitness	Men and women	English	2020	4.2
App 7	Kegel Exercise Master	Tommyapps	Health and Fitness	Men and women	English	2017	4.5
App 8	Kegel for men - Kmibz	Leominoz	Health and Fitness	Men	English	2018	4.3
App 9	Kegel Nation	Ucsf	Medical	Men and women	English	2013	Does not present
App 10	Kegel Talent	Yunyu School	Medical	Men and women	English	2020	4.4
App 11	Kegel Trainer for All	Red Spritre Studio	Health and Fitness	Men and women	English	2021	Does not present
App 12	Kegelt	Daerobotics	Health and Fitness	Men and women	Spanish and English	2016	Does not present
App 13	Pee Tracker	Need Typing Limited	Health and Fitness	Men and women	English	2020	Does not present
App 14	PerineApp	Carlos Henrique Fallac	Health and Fitness	Men and women	Portuguese	2020	Does not present
App 15	Perineo power	Períneo Power	Health and Fitness	Men and women	Portuguese	2018	4.7
App 16	Simbex	Simbex	Medical	Men	English	2019	5
App 17	Squeeze time for men	Jonas Nolte	Medical	Men	English	2019	Does not present
App 18	Treinador Kegel	Olson Applications	Health and Fitness	Men and women	Portuguese English and Spanish	2012	4.9
App 19	Kegel Trainer - Kegel Exercises	Artiomapps	Health and Fitness	Men and women	English	2021	Does not present
App 20	Kegel Trainer - Kegel Exercises	Mpr Media Inc	Health and Fitness	Men and women	English	2021	5
App 21	Treino Kegel Feminino e Masculino	Mel Studio	Health and Fitness	Men and women	Portuguese	2020	4.8
App 22	Uritrack	Viktor Kocur	Medical	Men and women	English	2018	4.4

Code	Scope	Literature used	In-App Purchases	Connectivity	Advertisements	Search field text	Compatibility	Images or videos	Special resources	Total Score
	It includes exercises and urinary diary.	It presents the literature used to support the content.	It is free of in-app purchases.	It does not depend on the Internet to work.	It contains no ads.	Contains text search field.	It is available for Android and iOS.	It shows images or videos.	It contains special features.
App 1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	4
App 2	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	4
App 3	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	4
App 4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
App 5	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	6
App 6	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	4
App 7	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2
App 8	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
App 9	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	6
App 10	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	3
App 11	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	4
App 12	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2
App 13	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	4
App 14	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2
App 15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2
App 16	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	5
App 17	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	2
App 18	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	4
App 19	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	3
App 20	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	3
App 21	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	2
App 22	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	2

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[1] Role of Authors:

Substantial contributions to the conception or design of the work; or the acquisition, analysis, or interpretation of data for the work - Machado AF, Estevam FEB, Izidoro LC de R, Oliveira HM de, Anjos EM de S dos, Carvalho ST de, Mata LRF da; Drafting the work or revising it critically for important intellectual content - Machado AF, Estevam FEB, Izidoro LC de R, Oliveira HM de, Anjos EM de S dos, Carvalho ST de, Mata LRF da; Agreement to be accountable for all aspects of the work in ensuring that questions related to the accuracy or integrity of any part of the work are appropriately investigated and resolved - Machado AF, Estevam FEB, Mata LRF da. All authors approved the final version of the text.