An e-Parenting Skills Intervention to Decrease Injured Adolescents' Alcohol Use

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Parenting, Alcohol Drinking

In brief

The objective of this trial is to test feasibility and acceptability of an e-parenting skills intervention with parents of injured adolescent alcohol users (12-17 years old) as compared to standard care at three pediatric trauma centers. To examine these questions, the investigators will randomly assign adolescent and parent dyads (up to 75) to one of two groups. One group will continue to receive the institutional standard care of a brief alcohol intervention delivered by clinical staff to the adolescent with no parenting skills intervention. The second group will continue to receive the same institutional standard care plus the parent will receive an e-parenting skills intervention consisting of: the online parent training program, Parenting Wisely(PW), plus text messaging and a web-based message board. Study participants will be injured adolescents, 12-17 years old, admitted to the inpatient service of the trauma center, and with a positive CRAFFT (mnemonic acronym of first letters of key words in the screening tool) screen for alcohol use. Adolescents' alcohol use will be measured at study enrollment and at 3 and 6 months after discharge. Adolescents' alcohol related negative consequences will be measured at study enrollment for the 6 months prior to hospitalization and again at 6 months after hospital discharge. Parenting skills will also be assessed at 3 and 6 months.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02718508

Run by

Michael J. Mello, MD, MPH

People needed

36

Starts

2015-09-01

Expected to finish

2018-02-01

Last updated by the study team

2018-04-11

Who can join

Age: 12 and older, up to 17. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• adolescents, age 12-17, admitted to the trauma service
• medically stable
• a positive CRAFFT screen or lab screen for alcohol use or drug use
• ability to assent to study and have one parent consent
• adolescent and parent are English speaking

You may not qualify if…

• the adolescent is cognitively or emotionally unable to participate as determined by a trauma clinician
• the adolescent is suspected by the clinical staff of being a victim of child abuse (and referred to child protective services)
• the adolescent is being evaluated following a suicide attempt
• prior to admission, the adolescent is being treated for an alcohol or drug dependency
• adolescent is currently incarcerated

Where it is running

• Rhode Island Hospital — Providence, Rhode Island, United States

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