Tools/Apps
The Lucy App
What is its purpose
The Lucy App is a menstrual and fertility calendar that helps to track the person’s period and health status, while also providing a safety net by analyzing inputs and notifying in case of increased chance of a serious gynecological disease. The Lucy App gathers most important information from your posts and makes a summary that, if you show it to your doctor, can give you a much more accurate picture of your medical condition and give you a better treatment if needed.
Identifying diseases
During the development process, the Lucy App team identified five serious gynecological diseases that they wanted to focus on: Endometriosis, PCOS, Fibroids, Ovarian cyst, and Pelvic inflammation. To support the detection of these conditions, they have partnered with some of the best gynecologists and psychologists in Hungary. The result was a weighted symptom-disease matrix that created the base for the detection logic. The collected items were categorized and modified to be easily understood by the end-users. An algorithm developed in Lucy under the supervision of a specialist monitors whether your gynecologist is worth a visit based on your observed symptoms. The algorithm also pays attention to which diseases it is worth paying special attention to in case of a problem.
Every 5th woman in the world is affected by a gynecological disease that can often only be diagnosed over many years. Due to the ambiguity of bodily symptoms, patients may be misdiagnosed and therefore not receive effective treatment.
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By using the Lucy App regularly, the users are notified if and when there is an increased risk based on their symptoms, so this should lead to a significant decrease in diagnostic delays. The application recognizes the symptoms of the following diseases:
Endometriosis
PCOS
Fibroids
Ovarian cyst
Pelvic inflammatory disease
Diabetes
IR
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MY ENDO
To further improve the Lucy App’s accuracy, the FEMaLe project will monitor every single piece of information shared in a profiled, yet completely encrypted, anonymous way and will develop mobile health app – MY ENDO, for people with endometriosis, based on the existing Lucy App.
The MY ENDO (Mind Your ENDOmetriosis) self-management program will include innovative methods recommended by the psychological pain research. MY ENDO offers a higher degree of patient anonymity, could reduce the potential stigma associated with attending interventions in mental health settings, and it has the potential to increase patients’ self-efficacy and feeling of control in one’s life.