Characteristics of users who responded to the baseline questionnaire
| Demographics | All users (n=24 602) | Included in follow-up* (n=2672) | Not included in follow-up (n=21 930) | Difference between groups†, p value |
| Mean age, years (SD) | 43.7 (14.4) | 44.4 (13.5) | 43.6 (14.5) | 0.002 |
| Language, n (%) | 0.005 | |||
| Swedish | 22 244 (90.4) | 2468 (92.4) | 19 776 (90.2) | |
| English | 1346 (5.5) | 126 (4.7) | 1220 (5.6) | |
| German | 615 (2.5) | 50 (1.9) | 565 (2.6) | |
| Spanish | 177 (0.7) | 13 (0.5) | 164 (0.7) | |
| Finnish | 102 (0.4) | 11 (0.4) | 91 (0.4) | |
| Arabic | 26 (0.1) | 0 (0) | 26 (0.1) | |
| Undefined | 92 (0.4) | 4 (0.1) | 88 (0.4) | |
| Country, n (%) | 0.002 | |||
| Sweden | 21 658 (88) | 2402 (89.9) | 19 256 (87.8) | |
| Other | 2940 (12) | 270 (10.1) | 2670 (12.2) | |
| Undefined | 4 (0) | 0 (0) | 4 (0) | |
| Reason for downloading the app, n (%) | <0.001 | |||
| To improve incontinence | 15 471 (62.9) | 1817 (68.0) | 13 654 (62.3) | |
| To train preventively | 9131 (37.1) | 855 (32.0) | 8276 (37.7) | |
| Highest level of education, n (%) | <0.001 | |||
| 6 years of school or less | 382 (1.6) | 28 (1.0) | 354 (1.6) | |
| 7–9 years of school | 958 (3.9) | 48 (1.8) | 910 (4.1) | |
| 10–12 years of school | 7194 (29.2) | 586 (21.9) | 6608 (30.1) | |
| University | 16 068 (65.3) | 2010 (75.2) | 14 058 (64.1) | |
| Place of residence, n (%) | NS | |||
| Rural area | 4366 (17.7) | 457 (17.1) | 3909 (17.8) | |
| Place/town <50 000 people | 6721 (27.3) | 685 (25.6) | 6036 (27.5) | |
| Town/city 50 000–1 million people | 9137 (37.1) | 1049 (39.3) | 8088 (36.9) | |
| Major city >1 million people | 4378 (17.8) | 481 (18.0) | 3897 (17.8) | |
| Incontinent, n (%) | 18 384 (74.7) | 2163 (81.0) | 16 221 (74.0) | <0.001 |
| Characteristics of incontinent users | n=18 384 | n=2163 | n=16 221 | |
| Mean age, years (SD) | 45.5 (14.1) | 45.6 (13.3) | 45.5 (14.2) | NS |
| Overall score ICIQ-UI SF, mean (SD) | 8.2 (4.0) | 8.1 (3.9) | 8.2 (4.0) | NS |
| Symptom severity, n (%) | NS | |||
| Slight | 5842 (31.8) | 689 (31.9) | 5153 (31.8) | |
| Moderate | 9479 (51.6) | 1145 (52.9) | 8334 (51.4) | |
| Severe | 2872 (15.6) | 308 (14.2) | 2564 (15.8) | |
| Very severe | 191 (1.0) | 21 (1.0) | 170 (1.0) | |
| Type of incontinence, n (%) | NS | |||
| Stress incontinence | 9759 (53.1) | 1196 (55.3) | 8563 (52.8) | |
| Urgency incontinence | 2224 (12.1) | 263 (12.2) | 1961 (12.1) | |
| Mixed incontinence | 5684 (30.9) | 632 (29.2) | 5052 (31.1) | |
| Other | 717 (3.9) | 72 (3.3) | 645 (4.0) | |
| Mean age in each severity category, years (SD) | ||||
| Slight | 43.2 (14.0) | 43.5 (13.0) | 43.2 (14.1) | NS |
| Moderate | 46.3 (14.0) | 46.2 (13.4) | 46.3 (14.1) | NS |
| Severe | 46.8 (13.9) | 47.6 (13.2) | 46.7 (14.0) | NS |
| Very severe | 52.5 (15.4) | 55.0 (13.3) | 52.1 (15.6) | NS |
| Mean age in each type of incontinence, years (SD) | ||||
| Stress incontinence | 42.0 (11.8) | 42.4 (10.9) | 41.9 (11.9) | NS |
| Urgency incontinence | 52.1 (16.8) | 51.5 (16.5) | 52.1 (16.8) | NS |
| Mixed incontinence | 49.3 (14.5) | 49.5 (13.9) | 49.2 (14.6) | NS |
| Other | 42.2 (15.8) | 42.9 (14.8) | 42.2 (15.9) | NS |
*Responded to the follow-up questionnaire within 89–135 days. Not pregnant or no child born within previous 3 months.
†Differences in characteristics of users included in analyses at follow-up compared with those who were not included, t-test for continuous variables and Χ2 test for categorical variables.
ICIQ-UI SF, International Consultation on Incontinence Questionnaire-Urinary Incontinence Short Form; NS, not significant.