Clinical trial NCT05449353: Trauma-informed Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (TiCBT) to Aid Reintegration of Repentant Terrorists and Their Families in Nigeria: A Pilot Study
Official title: Trauma-informed Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (TiCBT) to Aid Reintegration of Repentant Terrorists and Their Families in Nigeria: A Pilot Study
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: UNKNOWN
Phase: NA
Conditions: Trauma
Psychological
Lead sponsor: Teesside University
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: British International Studies Association
First posted: 2022-07-08
Enrollment: 24
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 65
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: NA
Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: The aim of the study is to describe the feasibility, cultural appropriateness, and acceptability of Trauma-informed Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (TiCBT) to promote community healing and encourage the reintegration of repentant terrorists and their families to avoid reoffending.

Detailed description: The study will adopt a mixed-method single-arm experimental design. Approximately 24 participants will be recruited for the intervention. The Trauma-informed Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (TiCBT) is an 8-session intervention lasting approximately 1 hour each and designed to address trauma, dispel negative attitudes and encourage positive behaviour towards repentant terrorists. Measurement will be collected at baseline pre-intervention, end of intervention and three months post-intervention to determine its feasibility and effectiveness. Interviews will also be conducted post-intervention. Repeated-measures univariate analyses of variance (ANOVA) will be performed to examine differences between the pre- and post-intervention stages. Interviews will be analysed using thematic analysis.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* community members who are victims of Boko Haram terrorism and had previous experiences of trauma/depression,
* score five and above for the culturally-adapted Trauma Screening Questionnaire (Brewinn et al., 2002)
* aged 18+ years,
* able to give informed consent,
* speak English
* are residents or from areas within Nigeria including Maiduguri, Adamawa, and Plateau environs.

Exclusion Criteria:

* less than 18 or above 85 years
* unable to give consent
* clinically diagnosed with severe PTSD/suicidal ideations or undergoing treatment
* temporary or non-residents who are unlikely to be available for follow up

Primary outcomes:
measure: Trauma Screening Questionnaire
timeFrame: Change is being assessed at baseline, at 12 weeks end of intervention, at 3-months post-intervention
measure: Patient Health Questionnaire
timeFrame: Change is being assessed at baseline, at 12 weeks end of intervention, at 3-months post-intervention
measure: Attitude Towards Repentant Terrorists and their Reintegration Scale
timeFrame: Change is being assessed at baseline, at 12 weeks end of intervention, at 3-months post-intervention
measure: brief Verona Service Satisfaction Scale
timeFrame: Change is being assessed at baseline, at 12 weeks end of intervention, at 3-months post-intervention
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