Published on in Vol 13 (2024)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/54046, first published .
Design of a Tool Capable of Assessing Environmental Sociocultural Physical Factors Influencing Women’s Decisions on When and Where to Toilet Within Real-World Settings: Protocol for the Build and Usability Testing of a Mobile App for Use by Community-Dwelling Women

Design of a Tool Capable of Assessing Environmental Sociocultural Physical Factors Influencing Women’s Decisions on When and Where to Toilet Within Real-World Settings: Protocol for the Build and Usability Testing of a Mobile App for Use by Community-Dwelling Women

Design of a Tool Capable of Assessing Environmental Sociocultural Physical Factors Influencing Women’s Decisions on When and Where to Toilet Within Real-World Settings: Protocol for the Build and Usability Testing of a Mobile App for Use by Community-Dwelling Women

Janis M Miller   1, 2 , BSN, MSN, PhD ;   Jean F Wyman   3 , PhD ;   Lawrence An   4, 5 , MD ;   Haitao Chu   6 * , MD, PhD ;   Cynthia S Fok   7 * , MD ;   Missy Lavender   8 * , MBA ;   Cora Elizabeth Lewis   9 * , MSPH, MD ;   Alayne D Markland   10, 11 * , MSc, DO ;   Leslie M Rickey   12, 13 , MPH, MD ;   Ying Sheng   1, 2, 14 , MSN, PhD ;   Siobhan Sutcliffe   15, 16, 17 * , MHS, ScM, PhD ;   Lisa Kane Low   1, 2 , BSN, MS, PhD ;   Elizabeth R Mueller   18, 19 , MD ;   The Prevention of Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms (PLUS) Research Consortium   20 *

1 Department of Health Behavior and Biological Sciences, School of Nursing, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States

2 Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States

3 School of Nursing, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States

4 Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States

5 Center for Health Communications Research, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States

6 Division of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States

7 Department of Urology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States

8 Renalis Health, Cleveland, OH, United States

9 Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States

10 Division of Gerontology, Geriatrics, and Palliative Care, Department of Medicine, Heersink School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States

11 Birmingham/Atlanta Veteran’s Affairs Geriatric Research Educational and Clinical Center, Birmingham, AL, United States

12 Department of Urology, Yale University, New Haven, CT, United States

13 Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, Yale University, New Haven, CT, United States

14 School of Nursing, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, United States

15 Public Health Sciences Division, Department of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, United States

16 Department of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, United States

17 Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, United States

18 Division of Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States

19 Female Urology/Pelvic Medicine & Reconstructive Surgery, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL, United States

20 See Acknowledgments, Minneapolis, MN, United States

*these authors contributed equally

Corresponding Author:

  • Janis M Miller, BSN, MSN, PhD
  • Department of Health Behavior and Biological Sciences
  • School of Nursing
  • University of Michigan
  • 400 N. Ingalls
  • Ann Arbor, MI, 48109
  • United States
  • Phone: 1 7347644545
  • Email: janismm@umich.edu