Brief Intervention to Reduce Drinking and Intimate Partner Violence in Women

The University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Status and phase: Unknown; Phase 2

Conditions: Substance Use; Intimate Partner Violence

Treatments: Behavioral: Standard Care; Behavioral: Brief Alcohol Intervention combined with standard care

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; NIH

Identifiers

NCT00539812

NIAAA-STU_016315__0111-001

R01AA016315 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to examine whether adding a brief alcohol treatment to standard violence intervention programs for women will result in reduced drinking, reduced partner violence perpetration, and reduced partner violence victimization. We hypothesize that, relative to standard care, women receiving the additional brief alcohol intervention will have better alcohol use and partner violence outcomes.

Enrollment: 225 estimated patients

Sex: Female

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Hazardous drinking
• Participation in a batterer intervention program

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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225 participants in 2 patient groups

1

Other group

Description:

Standard Care only (standard batterer intervention program)

Treatment:

Behavioral: Standard Care

2

Other group

Description:

Brief alcohol intervention combined with standard care

Treatment:

Behavioral: Brief Alcohol Intervention combined with standard care