Brief Intervention for Substance Use and Partner Abuse Among Females in the ER

A Computer-based Intervention for Women With Substance Use and Intimate Partner Violence in the Emergency Department

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT01709552

Acronym

B-SAFER

Enrollment

Registered

2012-10-18

Start date

2012-03-31

Completion date

2014-11-30

Last updated

2015-05-22

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Conditions

Domestic Violence, Substance Related Disorders

Brief summary

The purpose of this study is to target co-occurring problems of substance use and intimate partner violence (IPV) using a computer-based intervention, B-SAFER (Brief intervention for Substance use and partner Abuse for Females in the Emergency Room). This project will develop and test the computer-based intervention, examining primary outcomes of substance use and utilization of relationship safety resources.

Interventions

BEHAVIORALComputer Intervention

Patients randomized to the computer intervention will complete the B-SAFER computer program during their emergency department visit.

BEHAVIORALControl

Patients randomized to the control arm will receive a time-equivalent computer-based program unrelated to substance use or partner violence.

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

FEMALE

Age

18 Years to 65 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* ≥18 years of age * English or Spanish language proficiency sufficient to understand and complete study procedures * moderate drug use in the prior 3 months (by NM-ASSIST) * IPV victimization in the prior 6 months (by WAST) * access to a phone

Exclusion criteria

Patients who are: * intoxicated * medically unstable as determined by ED staff * suicidal ideation * psychosis * combative * in police custody

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Change in past-month drug use days	1 month, 3 month	Drug use based on Timeline Followback.
Change in use of relationship safety behaviors and referral resources for IPV.	2 weeks, 1 month, 3 months	Based on Safety Behavior Checklist and Effectiveness in Obtaining Resources scales.

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Change in readiness to change drug use.	2 week, 1 month, 3 months	Based on readiness to change rulers.
Change in readiness to change scale for relationship safety behaviors.	2 weeks, 1 month, 3 months	Based on readiness to change rulers.

Countries

United States

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026