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DEVELOPMENT OF AN ANDROID-APP FOR THE ASSESSMENT AND TREATMENT OF
INCONTINENCE IN CHILDREN
Catharina WAGNER
1
, Lukas NAUMANN
2
, Justine NIEMCZYK
1
, Uwe TRONNIER
2
and Alexander VON GONTARD
1
1) Saarland University Hospital, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Homburg/saar, GERMANY - 2)
University of Applied Sciences, Zweibrücken, GERMANY
PURPOSE
The use of smartphone applications (Apps) is wide spread and so-called “mobile health Apps” have become more and
more important. Smartphones are an attractive modality for children to playfully learn about and manage their own
incontinence. An Android-App to assess diagnostically relevant data and to start a treatment in children with
incontinence was developed to increase compliance and self-management.
MATERIAL AND METHODS
The app contains diagnostic tools which are used in the clinical setting, e.g. parental information about the different
subtypes of incontinence and a 48-h-bladder diary. For the treatment, charts for the registration of wet and dry nights,
urge symptoms, as well as for timed voiding and for fluid intake (including reminders) are provided. The App is divided
into two sections, one for children and one for parents, which can be used by both on the same device. If desired, the
data can easily be sent to the therapist by e-mail, once a day or once a week.
RESULTS
An evaluation of the App in a randomized-controlled-design compared to a pencil and paper version in the control group
for both assessment and therapy of incontinence, is in the planning process. The structure of the App and the study
design will be presented.
CONCLUSIONS
Mobile Health Apps enable patients to actively take on responsibility for their own health. The incontinence App could be
a useful tool to gain information, motivate children and facilitate patient-provider-communication.