Brief Intervention for Problem Drinking and Partner Violence
Completed · Phase 2
Conditions studied: Domestic Violence, Alcohol Abuse
In brief
This study is a randomized controlled trial of a brief intervention for women Emergency Department patients with involvement in both Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) and problem drinking (defined as the full spectrum of hazardous, harmful, or dependent drinking). The study is designed to explore the effectiveness of a low-intensity, gender-sensitive brief motivational intervention, delivered by social workers in the Emergency Department setting, in decreasing IPV and episodes of heavy drinking and increasing rates of follow-up with resources. Social work graduate students and/or staff will be trained to provide brief motivational enhancement therapy (MET) intervention for decreasing heavy drinking and IPV-related injury in women Emergency Department patients.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT01207258
- Run by
- University of Pennsylvania
- People needed
- 600
- Starts
- 2010-09-01
- Expected to finish
- 2015-10-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2016-08-22
Who can join
Age: 18 and older, up to 64. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Registered as an ED patient.
- Able to participate verbally in an English language interview.
- Able to participate cognitively in an English language interview.
- Heavy drinking as assessed by the AUDIT.
- Positive screen for Intimate Partner Violence in the past 3 months.
You may not qualify if…
- Intoxication at the time of screening.
- Cognitive impairment or psychosis identified on physical exam or chart review.
- Serious current medical illness or injury, defined as respiratory distress, hemodynamic instability, active vomiting, bleeding, labor, severe pain, or acute need for hospital admission.
- Suicidal or homicidal ideation by chart review or on the Danger Assessment Scale for all assessed patients.
- No identifiable residence or contact phone number.
- Under arrest at the time of ED visit.
- Non-English speaking.
- Previously enrolled in the study.
Where it is running
- Emergency Department, Hospital of the University of PA — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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