Assessing and Reducing Risk of Violent Re-Injury Among Victims of Urban Violence

Assessing and Reducing Risk of Violent Re-Injury Among Victims of Urban Violence: A Randomized Clinical Trial

Status

UNKNOWN

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT02257944

Acronym

VOV-RCT

Enrollment

100

Registered

2014-10-07

Start date

2014-10-31

Completion date

2016-01-31

Last updated

2014-10-07

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Conditions

Violence

Brief summary

The purpose of the study is to develop a program to help people to lower their chances of being violently injured again.

Interventions

BEHAVIORALMotivational Interviewing

Brief hospital-based intervention, rooted in motivational interviewing

OTHERTreatment as Usual

treatment as usual

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

DOUBLE (Subject, Outcomes Assessor)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to 65 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* age between 18-65 years * intentionally injured in community violence. * admitted to a Level 1 trauma center * able to provide voluntary informed consent

Exclusion criteria

* under the age of 18 or over the age of 55. * not fluent in the English language * patients with suspected mental retardation or active psychosis as determined by brief clinical screen. * patients currently in legal detention status

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Risk Factors for Violence	3 months	interview of risk factors

Contacts

Primary ContactErich J Conrad, MD

504-903-3417

Outcome results

None listed

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