Violence Brief Intervention Pilot v1.1

NCT02394990 | Unknown

• 1 other identifier: GN14NU421
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 300
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

This study is a randomised controlled trial of a new brief intervention with young (16-29) adult male patients who have a facial injury sustained as a result of interpersonal violence (fighting or assaults). It will be undertaken at the Maxillofacial outpatient trauma clinic at the Southern General Hospital, Glasgow. The major risk factors associated with facial injury in Scotland are male gender, young age, interpersonal violence and alcohol. Previous research with facial injury patients attending this clinic has shown that an Alcohol Brief Intervention (ABI) is effective in helping reduce alcohol consumption, so all patients are now offered ABI as standard practice. ABI is delivered by trained nurses from Addiction Services. This will not be withdrawn. In addition we wish to offer some patients a Violence Brief Intervention (VBI). This will be delivered by the same nurses who deliver the ABI. The study is randomised so only those selected at random will receive this extra intervention and all others will receive treatment as normal (ABI only). VBI is a short psychological intervention which uses Brief Motivational Interviewing (BMI) to encourage reflection of involvement in violence and consideration of strategies to avoid future violence. The intervention also compares participants' attitudes towards violence to those of their peers. The intervention takes about 15 minutes, and patients will be involved for an additional 30-45 minutes longer than normal when they attend the clinic, including consent and baseline data collection. Patients will be followed up by telephone at 1, 3 and 6 months, and asked a suite of questions which will take approximately 15 minutes on each occasion. We wish to determine whether a VBI of this type has any effect on attitudes to violence or propensity for involvement in violence or on reinjury, examined through self report measures and routinely collected health and criminal justice data at 12 months post intervention.

Conditions

Alcohol Consumption; Violence; Facial Injuries

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (3)

• Re-admission for trauma injury

  12 months post-intervention

• Named in police crime report as perpetrator, victim or witness of violence

  12 months post-intervention

• Attitudes toward violence

  1, 3 and 6 months post intervention

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Participant relationships to alcohol measured using the Fast Alcohol screening test

  Baseline

Study Arms (2)

Violence Brief Intervention

EXPERIMENTAL

Participants receive a standard of care brief motivational intervention (BMI) to address alcohol consumption (ABI) based on self reported use and their relationship between consumption and behavior, followed by an additional BMI to address how involvement in violence (VBI) impacts their life, relationship to social norms, and strategies to avoid violence.

Behavioral: Violence Brief Intervention

Control

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Participants receive only ABI

Behavioral: ABI

Interventions

Violence Brief Intervention BEHAVIORAL

Strategies for self assessment of consequences of violent behavior and strategies for avoidance of violence

Also known as: VBI

Violence Brief Intervention

ABI BEHAVIORAL

Control

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 16 Years - 28 Years
• Sex: male
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• facial trauma patients
• Facial injury resulting from interpersonal violence (whether victim or perpetrator)
• Able to give informed consent
• Willing to commit to screening intervention and follow up programme lasting 6 months
• Within 28 days of injury
• Willing to provide either a contact telephone number or email address for the followup surveys
• Participants score ≥ 3/16 on the Fast Alcohol Screening Test (FAST)

You may not qualify if:

• Unable to give informed e.g. adults with dementia, severe psychiatric problems, patients with learning difficulties who cannot consent for themselves
• Under 16 or over 29 years of age.
• Injury more than 28 days old
• Participants score ≤ 2/16 on the FAST measure

Sponsors & Collaborators

• NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde: lead
• University of Glasgow: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Southern General Hospital

Glasgow, G51 4QS, United Kingdom

RECRUITING

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Alcohol Drinking; Facial Injuries

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Drinking Behavior; Behavior; Craniocerebral Trauma; Trauma, Nervous System; Nervous System Diseases; Wounds and Injuries

Study Officials

• Christine Goodall, BDS, PhD

  University of Glasgow

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Central Study Contacts

Christine Goodall, BDS, PhD

CONTACT

441412119655; christine.goodall@glasgow.ac.uk

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: March 16, 2015
• First Posted: March 20, 2015
• Study Start: March 1, 2015
• Primary Completion: March 1, 2016
• Study Completion: March 1, 2016
• Last Updated: March 31, 2015

Record last verified: 2015-03

Locations

GB (1)