Legal-Education Plus Trauma-informed Therapy to Improve Community Acceptance and Reintegration of Repentant Terrorists in Nigeria

Trauma, Psychological Clinical Trial

— LETiT  

Official title:

Legal-Education Plus Trauma-informed Therapy to Improve Community Acceptance and Reintegration of Repentant Terrorists in Nigeria: A Pilot Randomised Controlled Trial

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Not yet recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05397483
• Other study ID #: 0000-0001-5034-0335d
• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: June 20, 2022
• Est. completion date: September 30, 2023

Study information

• Verified date: May 2022
• Source: Nottingham Trent University
• Contact: Dung Jidong, PhD
• Phone: +44 115 84 86478
• Email: dung.jidong[@]ntu.ac.uk
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial 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.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Enrollment: 150
• Est. completion date: September 30, 2023
• Est. primary completion date: June 19, 2023
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 85 Years

Eligibility

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

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Psychological Trauma
• Trauma, Psychological
• Wounds and Injuries

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Legal Education plus Trauma-informed Therapy (LETiT)
Group-1: Experimental (n=75 participants) will receive the LETiT which consists of a total of 12-group integrated sessions lasting approximately 60-90 minutes per session every week with 20-25 persons per sub-group.
• Intervention As Usual (IAU)
Group-2: Controlled (n=75 participants) will receive the IAU which consists of a total of 12-group integrated sessions lasting approximately 60-90 minutes per session every week with 20-25 persons per sub-group.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Nottingham Trent University

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Trauma Screening Questionnaire	Change in traumatic experience is being assessed	Change is being assessed at baseline, at 12 weeks end of intervention, at 3-months, and at 6-months post-intervention
Primary	Adaptive Stress Index	Change in stress is being assessed	Change is being assessed at baseline, at 12 weeks end of intervention, at 3-months, and at 6-months post-intervention
Primary	Patient Health Questionnaire	Change in depression is being assessed	Change is being assessed at baseline, at 12 weeks end of intervention, at 3-months, and at 6-months post-intervention
Primary	Generalised Anxiety Disorder Scale	Change in anxiety is being assessed	Change is being assessed at baseline, at 12 weeks end of intervention, at 3-months, and at 6-months post-intervention
Primary	Legal-Education Awareness Scale	Change in awareness of human right is being assessed	Change is being assessed at baseline, at 12 weeks end of intervention, at 3-months, and at 6-months post-intervention
Primary	Attitude Towards Repentant Terrorists and their Reintegration Scale	Change in of attitude towards repentant terrorists is being assessed	Change is being assessed at baseline, at 12 weeks end of intervention, at 3-months, and at 6-months post-intervention
Primary	brief Verona Service Satisfaction Scale	Change in service satisfaction is being assessed	Change is being assessed at 12 weeks end of intervention, at 3-months, and at 6-months post-intervention