Trauma-informed Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (TiCBT) to Aid Reintegration of Repentant Terrorists and Their Families in Nigeria: A Pilot Study

Trauma Clinical Trial

Official title:

Trauma-informed Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (TiCBT) to Aid Reintegration of Repentant Terrorists and Their Families in Nigeria: A Pilot Study

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Not yet recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05449353
• Other study ID #: 0000-0003-0516-0313a
• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: July 31, 2022
• Est. completion date: June 30, 2023

Study information

• Verified date: July 2022
• Source: Teesside University
• Contact: Tarela Ike, PhD
• Phone: 07831163474
• Email: t.ike[@]tees.ac.uk
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial 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.

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.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Enrollment: 24
• Est. completion date: June 30, 2023
• Est. primary completion date: May 30, 2023
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 65 Years

Eligibility

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

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Psychological
• Trauma
• Wounds and Injuries

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Trauma-informed Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (TiCBT)
Group: Experimental (n=24 participants) will receive the TiCBT which consists of a total of 8-group integrated sessions lasting approximately 60 minutes per session every 3 days interval with 24 persons in the single group.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Tarela Ike	British International Studies Association

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 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 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 post-intervention
Primary	brief Verona Service Satisfaction Scale	Change in service satisfaction is being assessed	Change is being assessed at baseline, at 12 weeks end of intervention, at 3-months post-intervention