Brief Intervention for Substance Use and Partner Abuse Among Females in the ER

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Domestic Violence; Substance Related Disorders
• Interventions: Behavioral: Control; Behavioral: Computer Intervention

• Registration Number: NCT01709552
• Lead Sponsor: Rhode Island Hospital

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to target co-occurring problems of substance use and intimate partner violence (IPV) using a computer-based intervention, B-SAFER (Brief intervention for Substance use and partner Abuse for Females in the Emergency Room). This project will develop and test the computer-based intervention, examining primary outcomes of substance use and utilization of relationship safety resources.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2012-03
• Study First Submitted: 2012-08-10
• Study First Submitted QC: 2012-10-16
• Study First Posted: 2012-10-18
• Primary Completion: 2014-11
• Study Completion: 2014-11
• Status Verified: 2015-05
• Last Update Submitted: 2015-05-21
• Last Update Posted: 2015-05-22

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 40

Inclusion Criteria

• ≥18 years of age
• English or Spanish language proficiency sufficient to understand and complete study procedures
• moderate drug use in the prior 3 months (by NM-ASSIST)
• IPV victimization in the prior 6 months (by WAST)
• access to a phone

Exclusion Criteria

Patients who are:

• intoxicated
• medically unstable as determined by ED staff
• suicidal ideation
• psychosis
• combative
• in police custody

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Control	Control	Patients randomized to the control arm will receive a time-equivalent computer-based program unrelated to substance use or partner violence.
Computer Intervention	Computer Intervention	Patients randomized to the computer intervention will complete the B-SAFER computer program during their emergency department visit.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change in past-month drug use days	1 month, 3 month	Drug use based on Timeline Followback.
Change in use of relationship safety behaviors and referral resources for IPV.	2 weeks, 1 month, 3 months	Based on Safety Behavior Checklist and Effectiveness in Obtaining Resources scales.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change in readiness to change drug use.	2 week, 1 month, 3 months	Based on readiness to change rulers.
Change in readiness to change scale for relationship safety behaviors.	2 weeks, 1 month, 3 months	Based on readiness to change rulers.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Rhode Island Hospital Department of Emergency Medicine; 🇺🇸 Providence, Rhode Island, United States