A MOBILE APPLICATION DEVELOPED FOR CHILDREN WITH URINARY INCONTINENCE

A MOBILE APPLICATION DEVELOPED FOR CHILDREN WITH URINARY INCONTINENCE: PILOT STUDY

The study included 2 stages: In the first, a mobile application with content including urotherapy training and patient follow-up was developed. In the second, a pilot study with the developed mobile application was carried out with 10 children.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Urinary Incontinence
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: Mobile Application

Detailed Description

The study include two stages. In the first, a mobile application was developed that can be used by children with urinary incontinence and their parents. The mobile application includes the training on urinary incontinence and urotherapy in children as well as all the test results of the child and ensures the follow-up of the children's compliance with the treatment. The developed mobile application is operatable on smartphones and tablets with Android and IOS operating systems.

This was followed by the second phase, during which the mobile application developed was pilot tested with 10 children. Based on the feedback received from the users, the mobile application was finalized.

Mobile application development process

1. Content Creation For Goals
2. Interface design development on MS Word and Photoshop
3. Evaluation by specialists for content and design
4. Converting to mobile application on Android and IOS platforms
5. A pilot study with 10 children to evaluate the usability and suitability of the application
6. Get feedback on the mobile app
7. Based on this feedback, the mobile application was revised.
8. Its final version was created

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 10
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Turkey
  • Eskisehir, Turkey
    • Eskisehir Osmangazi University

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Child
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• The child has day and/or night urinary incontinence,
• The child is between 7-12 years of age,
• Family members and children can use mobile applications,
• Family members have a smartphone,
• The child and family members volunteers to participate in the study.

Exclusion Criteria:

• The child has a mental or neurological disability,
• The child has a developmental delay,
• The child has previously received treatment for urinary incontinence,
• The child has a communication problem,
• The child has a history of surgery related to the urinary tract,
• The child has a psychiatric diagnosis,
• The child has a urinary tract infection,
• The child has a radiological pathology on ultrasound,
• The child has a diagnosis of neurogenic bladder.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Other
• Allocation: N/A
• Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

1

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: pilot study; This was followed by the second phase, during which the mobile application developed was pilot tested with 10 children. Based on the feedback received from the users, the mobile application was finalized.	Behavioral: Mobile Application; a mobile application was developed that can be used by children with urinary incontinence and their parents.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
mobile application development	a mobile application was developed that can be used by children with urinary incontinence and their parents. The mobile application includes the training on urinary incontinence and urotherapy in children as well as all the test results of the child and ensures the follow-up of the children's compliance with the treatment. The developed mobile application is operatable on smartphones and tablets with Android and IOS operating systems.	six months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
pilot tested	This was followed by the second phase, during which the mobile application developed was pilot tested with 10 children. Based on the feedback received from the users, the mobile application was finalized.	one month

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Eskisehir Osmangazi University
• Collaborators: The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): August 15, 2020
• Primary Completion (Actual): February 15, 2021
• Study Completion (Actual): August 15, 2021

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: April 3, 2023
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: April 14, 2023
• First Posted (Actual): April 18, 2023

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): April 18, 2023
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: April 14, 2023
• Last Verified: April 1, 2023

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Child; Quality of Life; Mobile Application
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Behavioral Symptoms; Mental Disorders; Urologic Diseases; Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms; Urological Manifestations; Urination Disorders; Elimination Disorders; Urinary Incontinence; Enuresis
• Other Study ID Numbers: EskisehirOU-cakirli-2

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No