University of Michigan Youth Violence Prevention Emergency Department Brief Intervention (Project Sync)

NCT02586766 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 5U01CE001957-05
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 409
• Locations: 0 countries
• Sites: N/A

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether a brief motivational interviewing intervention given during emergency department care to 14-20 year olds seeking treatment, could reduce youth violence.

Conditions

Violence

Keywords

Youth Violence

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• violence behaviors as assessed with the combined modified Conflict Tactic Scale and the Conflict in Adolescent Dating Relationships Inventory to measure both peer and partner violence

  past 2 months

Study Arms (2)

Behavioral: Project Sync

EXPERIMENTAL

Brief 30 minute on-on-one private motivation interviewing intervention during emergency department care

Behavioral: Project Sync

Comparison Group

NO INTERVENTION

This group did not receive an intervention, but did receive an informational pamphlet of resources in the area (enhanced usual care).

Interventions

Project Sync BEHAVIORAL

A 30 minute private on-on-one brief motivational interviewing intervention given during emergency department care. The goal of the intervention was to reduce and prevention youth violence using techniques to change behavior in a respectful, non-confrontational, and non-judgmental manner. This one-on one counseling approach emphasizes individual choice and responsibility and differentiates between future goals/values and current behavior

Behavioral: Project Sync

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 14 Years - 20 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• adolescents will the ability to provide informed assent/consent depending on age;
• access to a parent or guardian in person or by telephone for parental consent for adolescents ages 14-17 (over 90% of adolescents had a parent/guardian present based on our prior work);
• currently residing in the intervention or control area;

You may not qualify if:

• adolescents who do not understand English;
• prisoners;
• adolescents with abnormal vital signs;
• adolescents deemed unable to provide informed consent by Emergency Department or research staff (e.g., intoxication, mental incompetence);
• adolescents treated in the Emergency Department for suicide attempts or sexual assault (because they present in high psychological distress requiring intensive attention and intervention by Emergency Department staff).

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Michigan: lead
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: collaborator

Related Publications (1)

• Carter PM, Walton MA, Zimmerman MA, Chermack ST, Roche JS, Cunningham RM. Efficacy of a Universal Brief Intervention for Violence Among Urban Emergency Department Youth. Acad Emerg Med. 2016 Sep;23(9):1061-70. doi: 10.1111/acem.13021. Epub 2016 Sep 7.

  PMID: 27265097 DERIVED

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NON RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Professor

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: October 9, 2015
• First Posted: October 26, 2015
• Study Start: October 1, 2011
• Primary Completion: June 1, 2015
• Study Completion: June 1, 2015
• Last Updated: October 26, 2015

Record last verified: 2015-10