Squeezy
Obtain huge clinic savings through preventing and treating pelvic health complications with Squeezy, the sector-leading app with over 450,000 downloads.
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76,000 active monthly users
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NHS-endorsed
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In 18 NHS Trusts
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An average increase of +40% in adherence to Pelvic Floor Muscle Exercises programmes
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An improvement of +25% in ICIQ-UI outcomes compared to TAU
Source: results from five NHS service evaluations
Situation
- 600 million people worldwide suffer from the effects of pelvic floor dysfunction.
- 14 million people in the UK are living with bladder problems.
- An additional 6.5 million adults in the UK suffer with some form of bowel problem.
- Around 34% of women are living with urinary incontinence and only 1 in 5 of those affected seek help.
Solution
Squeezy - self managed
Squeezy is available to purchase as a self-management app to help people with stress or mixed urinary incontinence. There are Squeezy apps specifically designed for men and women.
Squeezy Connect - clinic managed
Squeezy Connect provides a population health solution to national, regional and single clinic needs by enabling them to provide patients with a free and connected version of the Squeezy app. It is available both in a Squeezy Connect version and in a Squeezy Connect ‘Maternity’ version.
Squeezy
Squeezy is an app store product purchased by consumers for their self-management. It helps women and men complete their pelvic floor exercise programmes to improve their health outcomes.
Squeezy is in the top 20 highest selling paid apps in the UK Apple App Store (2019, 2020 and 2021).
It is also featured as one of the top paid apps in the “Top Apps of 2021” for the UK App Store Awards in December 2021.
Successes
Over 90% of Squeezy users increase the frequency of their pelvic floor muscle exercises.
78% of users have experienced some improvements in their condition since using Squeezy.
What Users Can Do
- Keep a symptom diary
- Follow a pre-set exercise plan which follows NICE guidelines
- Tailor their exercise plan
- Use visual guides to support exercise adherence
Squeezy Connect
An evidence-based, award-winning, NHS-endorsed digital therapeutic that can be given by clinicians to patients to prevent and treat pelvic health issues at scale.
Benefits
Squeezy Connect is more cost effective than any other solution.
Service evaluations show:
- Reductions in surgery.
- DNAs decreasing by 22% for patients using Squeezy Connect versus patients not using the app in 12 months.
- An average increase of over 50% in adherence to pelvic floor muscle exercise (PFME) programmes.
- An improvement of over 25% in ICIQ-UI outcomes versus TAU.
- Approximate annual cost savings of between £50,000 and £75,000 per Trust.
Sources: Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh, and Barts Health NHS Trust
What Clinicians can do
- Invite patients securely to use the patient app
- Set an exercise plan
- Monitor adherence to exercise plans
- Monitor bladder & bowel diaries
- Monitor outcomes
- Save time & costs
- Improve adherence
- Deliver better outcomes
- Improve patient experience
- Optimise your interventions
Squeezy Maternity
A streamlined version of Squeezy Connect that is specially designed for pre- and post-natal pelvic health care.
Squeezy Maternity targets issues women may encounter as a result of pregnancy.
It is an app focused on prevention and cure: specifically of prolapse, and bladder and bowel incontinence.
Benefits
- Saving time & costs
- Improving adherence
- Delivering better outcomes
- Improving patient experience
What Clinicians can do
- Set an exercise plan
- Monitor adherence to exercise plans
- Monitor bladder & bowel diaries
A big challenge for people with pelvic floor dysfunction is they find it difficult to remember appointments and to do their exercises. The Squeezy Connect and Maternity patient app provides patients with a range of features to understand, track and manage their condition.
The benefits of using Squeezy Connect for clinics include:
- Remote manage a large range of pelvic health issues, including: urinary and bowel incontinence, prolapse, pelvic pain and post prostatectomy.
- Increase service-level capacity and efficiency.
- Increase patient adherence to pelvic floor muscle exercise programmes by ensuring they know you know whether they are doing them!
- Increase patient engagement with their treatment and increase support across all levels of risk.
- Reduce DNAs.
- Improve patient outcomes.
- Reduce cost of service for all clinic models.
- Get a decision support tool with detailed breakdowns of key data points such as pelvic floor muscle exercise programme adherence, outcome data from bladder or bowel PROMs, and diaries as reported by patients via the app.
Clinicians can use Squeezy on its own, or combine it with one or more of our bladder, bowel and prostate products. This adaptability is in place to improve patient outcomes and optimise clinical efficiency.
Results and Feedback
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