Clinical trial NCT05397483: Legal-Education Plus Trauma-informed Therapy to Improve Community Acceptance and Reintegration of Repentant Terrorists in Nigeria
Official title: Legal-Education Plus Trauma-informed Therapy to Improve Community Acceptance and Reintegration of Repentant Terrorists in Nigeria: A Pilot Randomised Controlled Trial
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: UNKNOWN
Phase: NA
Conditions: Trauma, Psychological
Legal Education
Lead sponsor: Nottingham Trent University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2022-05-31
Enrollment: 150
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 85
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: Terrorism is an issue of global concern, and reintegrating repentant terrorists, including their families, has often proved challenging considering the damages done by the terrorist group. Despite Boko Haram atrocities in Nigeria, the focus seems directed toward the repentant terrorists with limited attention to the communities, the trauma they suffered, and their involvement in the design of reintegration programmes. There is also limited community awareness of legal support channels to foster positive reintegration (Ike et al., 2021). The implication is that it risks undermining the social context that informs successful reintegration, improves acceptance, and reduces reoffending. However, there appears to be limited research on this important policy problem in Nigeria. Our study proposes to fill this gap by contributing to the research initiative through a novel cross-disciplinary intervention drawing on law and psychology entitled Legal Education plus Trauma-informed Therapy (LETiT) to improve community acceptance and reintegration of repentant terrorists in Nigeria.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* ages 18 - 85 years
* able to give consent
* able to understand and speak English
* score a minimum of 5 on Trauma Screening Questionnaire
* residents of designated communities of intervention (Adamawa, Maiduguri, and Plateau states)
* available for the study and follow up at 3- and 6-months post-intervention

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, and at 6-months post-intervention
measure: Adaptive Stress Index
timeFrame: Change is being assessed at baseline, at 12 weeks end of intervention, at 3-months, and at 6-months post-intervention
measure: Patient Health Questionnaire
timeFrame: Change is being assessed at baseline, at 12 weeks end of intervention, at 3-months, and at 6-months post-intervention
measure: Generalised Anxiety Disorder Scale
timeFrame: Change is being assessed at baseline, at 12 weeks end of intervention, at 3-months, and at 6-months post-intervention
measure: Legal-Education Awareness Scale
timeFrame: Change is being assessed at baseline, at 12 weeks end of intervention, at 3-months, and at 6-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, and at 6-months post-intervention
measure: brief Verona Service Satisfaction Scale
timeFrame: Change is being assessed at 12 weeks end of intervention, at 3-months, and at 6-months post-intervention
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Study officials:
affiliation: Nottingham Trent University, UK
name: Dung Jidong, PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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