Brief Intervention for Families of Teens Treated in the Emergency Department for an Alcohol-Related Event
NCT ID: NCT00247221
Last Updated: 2012-07-31
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Basic Information
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COMPLETED
PHASE1
208 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2002-10-31
2008-07-31
Brief Summary
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Detailed Description
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The targeted population is underage drinkers (13-17 years old) who have been treated in an Emergency Department following an alcohol-related event. It is important to intervene with this population because alcohol-involved adolescents may be at higher risk for having continuing alcohol problems (Fillmore, 1988; Zucker, in press). The intervention is conceptualized as using a "teachable moment" (i.e., shortly after a salient event) to increase family interest in reducing harmful drinking. The experimental intervention integrates an individual Motivational Interview (MI) for the adolescent, based on our research group's prior work with this intervention, with a brief family intervention, the Family Check-Up (Dishion \& Kavanagh, 2003).
The experimental condition will be compared to standard care plus family assessment. This design allows us to test the added benefit of the brief family intervention compared to the benefits often derived from assessment without added treatment. Follow-up interviews will be conducted at 3, 6, and 12 months after the baseline intervention to assess outcome. The specific aims of this proposal are to test the effectiveness of the experimental intervention in reducing alcohol-related problems, alcohol consumption, and other behavior problems compared to the enhanced standard care condition. Second, we will examine whether depressed mood and behavior problems at baseline moderate the effects of the treatment conditions. We will also test whether individual factors (motivation to change behavior) and environmental factors (parent/family influence and peer influence) mediate the relation between the treatment condition and outcomes.
Conditions
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Keywords
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
TREATMENT
NONE
Study Groups
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1) MI/Family Check-Up
Brief integrated individual and family intervention -- the experimental intervention integrates an individual Motivational Interview (MI) for the adolescent with a brief family intervention, the Family Check-Up
MI/Family Check-up
The experimental intervention integrates an individual Motivational Interview (MI) for the adolescent with a brief family intervention, the Family Check-Up. Follow-up interviews will be conducted at 3, 6, and 12 months after the baseline intervention.
2) MI only
MI only
An individual motivational interview (IMI only) will be conducted at 3, 6, and 12 months after the baseline intervention to assess outcome.
Interventions
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MI/Family Check-up
The experimental intervention integrates an individual Motivational Interview (MI) for the adolescent with a brief family intervention, the Family Check-Up. Follow-up interviews will be conducted at 3, 6, and 12 months after the baseline intervention.
MI only
An individual motivational interview (IMI only) will be conducted at 3, 6, and 12 months after the baseline intervention to assess outcome.
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* Receiving treatment at the approved medical Emergency Department
* Child living in a home with at least one parent or legal guardian
Exclusion Criteria
* Children with a history of prior substance abuse treatment
13 Years
17 Years
ALL
Yes
Sponsors
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National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
NIH
Brown University
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Anthony Spirito
Professor
Principal Investigators
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Anthony Spirito, PhD
Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
Brown University
Locations
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Rhode Island Hospital/Lifespan Corporation and Brown University
Providence, Rhode Island, United States
Countries
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References
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Spirito A, Sindelar-Manning H, Colby SM, Barnett NP, Lewander W, Rohsenow DJ, Monti PM. Individual and family motivational interventions for alcohol-positive adolescents treated in an emergency department: results of a randomized clinical trial. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2011 Mar;165(3):269-74. doi: 10.1001/archpediatrics.2010.296.
Other Identifiers
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NIH grant R01 AA013385
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: secondary_id
NIAAASPI013385
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id