Assessing and Reducing Risk of Violent Re-Injury Among Victims of Urban Violence (VOV-RCT)

Conrad, Erich J., M.D.

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Violence

Treatments: Behavioral: Motivational Interviewing; Other: Treatment as Usual

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02257944

LSUHSC-8692

Details and patient eligibility

About

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

Enrollment: 100 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

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

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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100 participants in 2 patient groups

Motivational Interviewing

Experimental group

Description:

Receive brief hospital-based intervention

Treatment:

Behavioral: Motivational Interviewing

Treatment as Usual

Other group

Description:

Treatment as Usual

Treatment:

Other: Treatment as Usual