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

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.

Study Overview

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Conditions: Trauma; Psychological
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: Trauma-informed Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (TiCBT)

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.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Anticipated): 24
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

• Study Contact: Name: Tarela Ike, PhD; Phone Number: 44 07831163474; Email: t.ike@tees.ac.uk
• Study Contact Backup: Name: Dung Jidong, PhD; Phone Number: 44 07831163474; Email: dung.jidong@ntu.ca.uk

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years to 65 years (ADULT, OLDER_ADULT)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

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

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: TREATMENT
• Allocation: NA
• Interventional Model: SINGLE_GROUP
• Masking: NONE

Number of Arms

1

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
EXPERIMENTAL: Trauma-infomed Cognitive Behavioural Therapy; 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.	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.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
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
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
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
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

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Tarela Ike
• Collaborators: British International Studies Association

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (ANTICIPATED): July 31, 2022
• Primary Completion (ANTICIPATED): May 30, 2023
• Study Completion (ANTICIPATED): June 30, 2023

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: July 4, 2022
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: July 4, 2022
• First Posted (ACTUAL): July 8, 2022

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (ACTUAL): July 8, 2022
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: July 4, 2022
• Last Verified: July 1, 2022

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Wounds and Injuries
• Other Study ID Numbers: 0000-0003-0516-0313a

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No