Assessing and Reducing Risk of Violent Re-Injury Among Victims of Urban Violence

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Violence
• Interventions: Other: Treatment as Usual; Behavioral: Motivational Interviewing

• Registration Number: NCT02257944
• Lead Sponsor: Conrad, Erich J., M.D.

Brief Summary

The purpose of the study is to develop a program to help people to lower their chances of being violently injured again.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Status Verified: 2014-10
• Study Start: 2014-10
• Study First Submitted: 2014-10-02
• Study First Submitted QC: 2014-10-06
• Last Update Submitted: 2014-10-06
• Study First Posted: 2014-10-07
• Last Update Posted: 2014-10-07
• Primary Completion: 2015-12
• Study Completion: 2016-01

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 100

Inclusion Criteria

• age between 18-65 years
• intentionally injured in community violence.
• admitted to a Level 1 trauma center
• able to provide voluntary informed consent

Exclusion Criteria

• under the age of 18 or over the age of 55.
• not fluent in the English language
• patients with suspected mental retardation or active psychosis as determined by brief clinical screen.
• patients currently in legal detention status

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Treatment as Usual	Treatment as Usual	Treatment as Usual
Motivational Interviewing	Motivational Interviewing	Receive brief hospital-based intervention

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Risk Factors for Violence	3 months	interview of risk factors