Community-Based Continence Promotion: Sustaining Healthy Aging in Place (SHAIP) Through Mind Over Matter (MOM) (SHAIP)

The goal of this study is to obtain data about the effectiveness, reach, adoption, and implementation potential of an innovative, combined urinary/bowel continence workshop through a randomized controlled trial in six Wisconsin communities. This three-session workshop is based on proven principles of behavior change addressing urinary and bowel continence self-management and health education and has been developed specifically for administration to women age 50 and older in senior centers. We hypothesize that workshop participants will experience improvements in urinary and bowel incontinence symptoms, will have increased levels of care-seeking and self-efficacy for these conditions, and will maintain the self-management strategies taught in the workshop 3 months following completion of the workshop. We further hypothesize that this workshop will reach its intended target population (independent senior women with incontinence) and will improve their mental health by destigmatizing the condition of incontinence.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Urinary Incontinence in Old Age; Fecal Incontinence in Old Age
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: Mind Over Matter; Healthy Bowels, Healthy Bladder

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 122
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• United States
  • Wisconsin
    • Madison, Wisconsin, United States, 53792
      • University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 50 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• qualifying symptoms within last 3 months
• able to speak English
• lives independently

Exclusion Criteria:

• new treatment for target symptoms within last 3 months

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Treatment
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Sequential Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Active Comparator: Treatment; Completes the Mind Over Matter; Healthy Bowels, Healthy Bladder workshop in the spring 2017.	Behavioral: Mind Over Matter; Healthy Bowels, Healthy Bladder; This three-session workshop is based on proven principles of behavior change addressing urinary and bowel continence self-management and health education and has been developed specifically for administration to women age 50 and older in senior centers.
Other: Control; Completes the Mind Over Matter; Healthy Bowels, Healthy Bladder workshop in the fall 2017.	Behavioral: Mind Over Matter; Healthy Bowels, Healthy Bladder; This three-session workshop is based on proven principles of behavior change addressing urinary and bowel continence self-management and health education and has been developed specifically for administration to women age 50 and older in senior centers.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Symptom Improvement	Patient Global Impression of Improvement (PGI-I) regarding bladder or bowel incontinence	3 months after treatment group completes intervention

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Pelvic Floor Distress Inventory-20	validated instrument	3 months after treatment group completes intervention
Geriatric Self-Efficacy for Urinary Incontinence (GSE-UI)	validated instrument	3 months after treatment group completes intervention
Barriers to Care-seeking for Accidental Bowel Leakage (BCABL)	validated instrument	3 months after treatment group completes intervention
Barriers to Incontinence Care-seeking (BICS-Q)	validated instrument	3 months after treatment group completes intervention

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: University of Wisconsin, Madison
• Collaborators: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK); Wisconsin Partnership Program
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Heidi Brown, MD, University of Wisconsin, Madison

Publications and helpful links

General Publications

• Brown HW, Braun EJ, Wise ME, Myers S, Li Z, Sampene E, Jansen SM, Moberg DP, Mahoney JE, Rogers RG. Small-Group, Community-Member Intervention for Urinary and Bowel Incontinence: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Obstet Gynecol. 2019 Sep;134(3):600-610. doi: 10.1097/AOG.0000000000003422.

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): April 25, 2017
• Primary Completion (Actual): November 1, 2017
• Study Completion (Actual): November 1, 2017

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: May 2, 2017
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: May 2, 2017
• First Posted (Actual): May 4, 2017

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): August 22, 2025
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: August 20, 2025
• Last Verified: December 1, 2019

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Urogenital Diseases; Male Urogenital Diseases; Urologic Diseases; Female Urogenital Diseases; Female Urogenital Diseases and Pregnancy Complications; Intestinal Diseases; Urination Disorders; Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms; Urological Manifestations; Digestive System Diseases; Gastrointestinal Diseases; Rectal Diseases; Urinary Incontinence; Fecal Incontinence
• Other Study ID Numbers: 2017-0133 (Other Identifier: MD Anderson); A532840 (Other Identifier: UW Madison); SMPH\OBSTET & GYNECOL\RESEARCH (Other Identifier: UW Madison); 4K12DK100022 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No