Titre : | Effects of a brief intervention for reducing violence and alcohol misuse among adolescents: a randomized controlled trial (2010) |
Auteurs : | M. A. WALTON ; S. T. CHERMACK ; J. T. SHOPE ; C. R. BINGHAM ; M. A. ZIMMERMAN ; F. C. BLOW ; R. M. CUNNINGHAM |
Type de document : | Article : Périodique |
Dans : | Journal of the American Medical Association (Vol.304, n°5, August 4, 2010) |
Article en page(s) : | 527-535 |
Note générale : | Editorial: SAITZ R., NAIMI T.S. "Adolescent alcohol use and violence: are brief interventions the answer?", p.575-577. |
Langues: | Anglais |
Discipline : | PRE (Prévention - RdRD / Prevention - Harm reduction) |
Mots-clés : |
Thésaurus géographique ETATS-UNISThésaurus mots-clés ALCOOL ; VIOLENCE ; INTERVENTION BREVE ; ETUDE RANDOMISEE ; EFFICACITE ; ADOLESCENT ; URGENCE ; INFORMATIQUE |
Résumé : |
Context: Emergency department (ED) visits present an opportunity to deliver brief interventions to reduce violence and alcohol misuse among urban adolescents at risk of future injury.
Objective: To determine the efficacy of brief interventions addressing violence and alcohol use among adolescents presenting to an urban ED. Design, Setting, and Participants: Between September 2006 and September 2009, 3338 patients aged 14 to 18 years presenting to a level I ED in Flint, Michigan, between 12 PM and 11 PM 7 days a week completed a computerized survey (43.5% male; 55.9% African American). Adolescents reporting past-year alcohol use and aggression were enrolled in a randomized controlled trial (SafERteens). Intervention: All patients underwent a computerized baseline assessment and were randomized to a control group that received a brochure (n = 235) or a 35-minute brief intervention delivered by either a computer (n = 237) or therapist (n = 254) in the ED, with follow-up assessments at 3 and 6 months. Combining motivational interviewing with skills training, the brief intervention for violence and alcohol included review of goals, tailored feedback, decisional balance exercise, role plays, and referrals. Main Outcome Measures: Self-report measures included peer aggression and violence, violence consequences, alcohol use, binge drinking, and alcohol consequences. Results About 25% (n = 829) of screened patients had positive results for both alcohol and violence; 726 were randomized. Compared with controls, participants in the therapist intervention showed self-reported reductions in the occurrence of peer aggression (therapist, -34.3%; control, -16.4%; relative risk [RR], 0.74; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.61-0.90), experience of peer violence (therapist, -10.4%; control, +4.7%; RR, 0.70; 95% CI, 0.52-0.95), and violence consequences (therapist, -30.4%; control, -13.0%; RR, 0.76; 95% CI, 0.64-0.90) at 3 months. At 6 months, participants in the therapist intervention showed self-reported reductions in alcohol consequences (therapist, -32.2%; control, -17.7%; odds ratio, 0.56; 95% CI, 0.34-0.91) compared with controls; participants in the computer intervention also showed self-reported reductions in alcohol consequences (computer, -29.1%; control, -17.7%; odds ratio, 0.57; 95% CI, 0.34-0.95). Conclusion: Among adolescents identified in the ED with self-reported alcohol use and aggression, a brief intervention resulted in a decrease in the prevalence of self-reported aggression and alcohol consequences. Trial Registration: clinicaltrials.gov Identifier: NCT00251212 |
Domaine : | Alcool / Alcohol |
Affiliation : | University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA |
Lien : | http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2010.1066 |
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