--- title: This App Can Help Incontinence, Study Finds description: A recent study found that the free Android app, Tät, helped many women reduce the severity of their symptoms in three months' time. canonical: https://time.com/4525375/tat-app-help-treat-incontinence/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-10-11T18:00:00.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T01:06:40.485Z article:section: Health og:title: This App May Help Treat Incontinence og:description: The app helped reduce severity of symptoms on three months og:url: https://time.com/4525375/tat-app-help-treat-incontinence/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt92b85d4cebc43c9b/6988a96acd1bba68b1702a66/tat-app-incontinence-symptoms.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 5616 og:image:height: 3159 og:image:alt: Teenage girl using a smart phone og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: This App May Help Treat Incontinence twitter:description: The app helped reduce severity of symptoms on three months twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt92b85d4cebc43c9b/6988a96acd1bba68b1702a66/tat-app-incontinence-symptoms.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # This App May Help Treat Incontinence > Sponsored content. 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Stress [incontinence](http://www.health.com/incontinence) develops when your urinary sphincter (which controls the release of urine) and your pelvic floor muscles (which support your bladder) become weak. In women, the most common cause is nerve and tissue damage from childbirth, which may lead to annoying [leakage](http://www.health.com/health/gallery/0,,20508099,00.html) right away or years down the road. If you’re struggling with the frustrating problem, you might want to check out [Tät](http://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=se.umu.its.tat&hl=en): A recent study found that the free Android app helped many women [reduce the severity of their symptoms](http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/nau.23116/full) in three months’ time. Essentially, Tät is a training program for your [pelvic floor](http://news.health.com/2014/07/15/3-reasons-you-should-do-kegels/). It guides you through progressively challenging exercises to build up strength; when you master one, you move on to the next. And for each exercise, graphics illustrate how long, and how intensely, you should contract your muscles. The app also offers lifestyle advice, and lets you set reminders so you stick to your regular “workouts.” To find out whether Tät actually makes a difference, researchers from Umeå University in northern Sweden split 123 women with stress incontinence into two groups. One group used the app for three months. The other group, a control, received no treatment. **_Health.com:_** [_12 Natural Remedies for Incontinence_](http://www.health.com/health/gallery/0,,20457139,00.html) According to the authors, who published their findings in the journal _Neurology and Urodynamics_, Tät yielded “clinically relevant improvements.” At the end of the study period, participants in the app group had fewer leaks per week, used fewer pads and reported better quality of life. “Two thirds of the women using the app were satisfied with the treatment outcomes,” lead author Ina Asklund, PhD, told _Health_ in an email. One of the aspects of Tät they appreciated most? Its accessibility. “Women experienced that the app was suitable for this kind of \[pelvic floor\] training since they carried their smartphones with them at all times, and the reminders helped and motivated them to perform their training regularly,” Asklund explained. For women who’d prefer to manage their incontinence themselves, this is an option worth trying, she says: “There are many health apps, but very few are evaluated in research studies.” _This_ [_article_](http://www.health.com/incontinence/stress-incontinence-app/?xid=time) _originally appeared on_ [_Health.com_](http://www.health.com) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4525375/tat-app-help-treat-incontinence/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4525375/tat-app-help-treat-incontinence/"},"headline":"This App May Help Treat Incontinence","datePublished":"2016-10-11T18:00:00.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T01:06:40.485Z","description":"The app helped reduce severity of symptoms on three months","url":"https://time.com/4525375/tat-app-help-treat-incontinence/","keywords":["Research","apps"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt92b85d4cebc43c9b/6988a96acd1bba68b1702a66/tat-app-incontinence-symptoms.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Anthea Levi / Health.com"}],"articleSection":"Health","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt92b85d4cebc43c9b/6988a96acd1bba68b1702a66/tat-app-incontinence-symptoms.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Teenage girl using a smart phone","caption":"Teenage girl using a smart phone","creditText":"Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/health/","name":"Health"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/research/","name":"Research"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4525375/tat-app-help-treat-incontinence/","name":"This App May Help Treat Incontinence"}}]}] ```