Alcohol Use and Relationships - III

The University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Status and phase: Unknown; Phase 2

Conditions: Substance Use; Intimate Partner Violence

Treatments: Behavioral: General Health Improvement Intervention plus Standard Batterer Intervention; Behavioral: Brief Alcohol Intervention plus Standard Batterer Intervention

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01753986

1210-005

Details and patient eligibility

About

The investigators hypothesize that individuals receiving the brief substance use intervention will have better substance use and intimate partner violence outcomes than individuals receiving the general health improvement intervention. All participants receive standard batterer intervention.

Enrollment: 500 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Participation in Batterer Intervention Program in RI
• Hazardous Drinking

Exclusion criteria

• drinks too much

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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500 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

Brief Alcohol Intervention plus Standard Batterer intervention

Experimental group

Description:

Brief Alcohol Intervention plus 40 hours of Standard Batterer intervention

Treatment:

Behavioral: Brief Alcohol Intervention plus Standard Batterer Intervention

General Health Improvement plus Standard batterer intervention

Placebo Comparator group

Description:

General Health Improvement Intervention plus 40 hours of Standard Batterer intervention

Treatment:

Behavioral: General Health Improvement Intervention plus Standard Batterer Intervention