Brief Intervention for Substance Use and Partner Abuse Among Females in the ER (B-SAFER)

Lifespan

Status: Completed

Conditions: Domestic Violence; Substance Related Disorders

Treatments: Behavioral: Control; Behavioral: Computer Intervention

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01709552

5K23DA031881-02

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Enrollment: 40 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

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

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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40 participants in 2 patient groups

Computer Intervention

Experimental group

Description:

Patients randomized to the computer intervention will complete the B-SAFER computer program during their emergency department visit.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Computer Intervention

Control

Sham Comparator group

Description:

Patients randomized to the control arm will receive a time-equivalent computer-based program unrelated to substance use or partner violence.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Control