Pilot: Mind Over Matter: Healthy Bowels, Healthy Bladder
Study Details
Study Description
Brief Summary
The study is to pilot-test an innovative, combined urinary/bowel continence workshop in two Wisconsin communities. Between 8-15 women with incontinence will be enrolled in each of the two pilot communities and will complete three 90-minute workshop sessions over a 6 week period.
| Condition or Disease | Intervention/Treatment | Phase |
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Detailed Description
The pilot study will use mixed methods to compare pre- and post-workshop data about urinary and bowel incontinence symptoms and care-seeking from workshop participants as well as information about workshop acceptability from workshop participants and community partners. The study is expected to last 6 months from initial IRB approval through data analysis and workshop revision. This research will provide preliminary data for a larger test of this workshop in four diverse Wisconsin Communities, followed by a randomized, controlled trial and subsequent dissemination research study.
Study Design
Arms and Interventions
| Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
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| Experimental: Pilot workshop Participants attend intervention. No control arm |
Behavioral: Mind Over Matter; Healthy Bowels, Healthy Bladder
3 workshop sessions over a one-month period using self-efficacy and health behavior change to improve incontinence symptoms and promote care-seeking if symptoms do not improve sufficiently
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Outcome Measures
Primary Outcome Measures
- urinary incontinence symptoms for participant with bladder symptoms [3 months after workshop completion]
Change in Urinary Distress Inventory-6 Subscale of Pelvic Floor Distress Inventory-20 from baseline Patient Global Impression of Improvement in urinary symptoms at 3 month follow up
- bowel incontinence symptoms for participant with bowel symptoms [3 months after workshop completion]
Change in Colorectal Anal Distress Inventory-8 Subscale of Pelvic Floor Distress Inventory-20 from baseline Patient Global Impression of Improvement in bowel symptoms at 3 month follow up
Secondary Outcome Measures
- geriatric self-efficacy score for urinary incontinence [3 months after workshop completion]
Difference between baseline and 3 month follow up on Geriatric Self-Efficacy for Urinary Incontinence scale
- barriers to care-seeking for urinary incontinence [3 months after workshop completion]
Score on the Barriers to Incontinence Care-Seeking Questionnaire (BICS-Q) at three month follow up as compared to baseline
- barriers to care-seeking for accidental bowel leakage [3 months after workshop completion]
Barriers to Care-Seeking for Accidental Bowel Leakage responses - difference from baseline to 3 month follow up
Eligibility Criteria
Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- qualifying symptoms in 3 months prior to enrollment
Exclusion Criteria:
- receiving new treatment for qualifying symptoms in 3 months prior to enrollment
Contacts and Locations
Locations
No locations specified.Sponsors and Collaborators
- University of Wisconsin, Madison
Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Heidi Brown, MD, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Study Documents (Full-Text)
None provided.More Information
Publications
None provided.- 2015-0942