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. 2015 Jul 22;2015(7):CD007007. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD007007.pub3

NCT01207258.

Trial name or title Social Health Intervention Project (SHIP)
Methods Randomised controlled trial
Participants Inclusion criteria
  • Female patients

  • Aged 18 to 64 years

  • Presenting to 1 of 2 urban emergency departments

  • Self disclose both problem drinking and intimate partner violence


Exclusion criteria
  • Intoxication at the time of screening

  • Cognitive impairment or psychosis identified on physical examination or chart review

  • Serious current medical illness or injury, defined as respiratory distress, haemodynamic instability, active vomiting, bleeding, labour, severe pain, or acute need for hospital admission

  • Suicidal or homicidal ideation by chart review

  • No identifiable residence or contact phone number

  • Under arrest at the time of ED visit

  • Non‐English speaking

  • Previously enrolled in the study

Interventions Intervention
  • Brief manual‐guided motivational intervention and a phone booster at 10 days


Control
  • Usual care including an 'assessed' control group and a no contact control group

Outcomes Primary outcomes
  • Episodes of heavy drinking

  • Incidents of intimate partner violence


Timing of measurement: assessed weekly by Interactive Voice Response System for 12 weeks, and at 3, 6, and 12 months by interviewers blinded to group assignment
Starting date Trial is complete and under review
Contact information Karin.rhodes@uphs.upenn.edu
Notes Funding: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) Award R01‐AA018705