Brief Intervention to Reduce Drinking Among Batterers

Phase 2

• Conditions: Intimate Partner Violence; Alcohol Use
• Interventions: Behavioral: Standard Batterer Intervention; Behavioral: Brief Alcohol Intervention

• Registration Number: NCT00539955
• Lead Sponsor: The University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Brief Summary

The goal of this project is to examine whether, relative to standard care, violence and alcohol use outcomes can be improved by a brief, motivationally based adjunct alcohol treatment for men enrolled in batterer intervention programs. We hypothesize that men randomized to also receive the brief alcohol intervention will have better partner violence and alcohol use outcomes than men who are randomized to the batterer intervention program alone.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2003-07
• Study First Submitted: 2007-09-25
• Study First Submitted QC: 2007-10-04
• Study First Posted: 2007-10-05
• Status Verified: 2012-12
• Primary Completion: 2012-12
• Study Completion: 2012-12
• Last Update Submitted: 2012-12-17
• Last Update Posted: 2012-12-18

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: Male
• Target Recruitment: 253

Inclusion Criteria

• Participation in a batterer intervention program
• Hazardous drinking

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
1	Standard Batterer Intervention	Standard 40 hour state-mandated batterer intervention
2	Brief Alcohol Intervention	Brief alcohol intervention combined with standard batterer intervention

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Intimate partner violence Substance use	one year

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Butler Hospital; 🇺🇸 Providence, Rhode Island, United States