This study aims to improve a short motivational conversation to better help young adults who were injured in assaults and also use alcohol or cannabis. Researchers will gather both interview and survey data from young adults who came to the emergency department after an assault and currently use alcohol or cannabis. Guided by a theory about risky behaviors, the study will focus on how confident young people feel about making changes to their alcohol and cannabis use, and how their friends and family influence their alcohol and cannabis use and involvement in injuries from assault. The team will follow a step-by-step process used by the NIH to adapt and test the improved motivational conversation in the emergency department.
Aim 1: Quantitatively and qualitatively assess self-efficacy, perceived peer and familial norms, and motivation to reduce alcohol and/or cannabis use and engage in treatment referral, among assault-injured emerging adults. AIM 2: Adapt the BNI for use among assault-injured emerging adults with alcohol and/or cannabis misuse in the ED. AIM 3: Determine the feasibility and acceptability of an adapted BNI among assault-injured emerging adults with alcohol and/or cannabis misuse presenting to the ED through a randomized pilot trial comparing those who have received the adapted BNI and treatment referrals to a referrals-only control group. The focus of this registration is the randomized pilot in Aim 3. Anticipated start dates will be reflected in the clinical trial component in Aim 3.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
50
A brief motivational interview designed to increase motivation to reduce alcohol and/or cannabis use and engagement in treatment referral.
Yale Department of Emergency Medicine
New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Feasibility assessed by recruitment
Recruitment measured as the percentage of those invited/those who enrolled
Time frame: Day 0 and 30
Feasibility assessed by randomization
Recruitment measured as the percentage of screened eligible participants who enroll/those who receive either intervention or control arm
Time frame: Day 0 and 30
Feasibility assessed by retention
Recruitment measured as the percentage of those enrolled who have received either intervention or control arm/ participants who have completed all 30-day follow up assessments
Time frame: Day 0 and 30
Acceptability assessed by Acceptability of Intervention Measure (AIM)
Acceptability of the intervention will be assessed using the Acceptability of Intervention Measure (AIM). It has 4-items scored on a 5-point Likert scale summed to achieve a total score. Total score range of 0-20. Higher scores indicate more acceptability.
Time frame: Day 0
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