Group-integrated Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (Gi-CBT) to Aid Communities' Reintegration of Former Terrorists in Nigeria: A Randomised Control Trial

The project aims to make significant contributions that change the conversation in communities and policy circles through promoting knowledge of nonviolent peace strategies using the Group integrated Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (Gi-CBT) to help heal trauma, improve peace, and encourage positive rehabilitation and reintegration of former Boko Haram terrorists' members and their families.

Study Overview

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Conditions: Depression; Anxiety; Trauma; Fear
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: Gi-CBT; Other: Media Orientation

Detailed Description

The main question it aims to answer are:

• What is the feasibility in terms of recruitment, retention, adherence to the intervention and communities/victims' satisfaction with Gi-CBT to promote healing and improve the successful reintegration of of former Boko Haram terrorists' members and their families.into society?

Participants will be randomly allocated into two groups. The first group, the intervention group, will receive the Group integrated Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (Gi-CBT). The second group will receive government intervention involving media messages from the National Orientation Agency devoid of GiCBT.

Researchers will compare Gi-CBT group with the media orientation group to see if there are differences between a change in attitude towards ex-offenders' reintegration at base line, end of intervention and three months follow up.

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

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

1. community members who had previous experience of trauma as a result of Boko Haram atrocities, score 5 and above for the culturally-adapted Trauma Screening Questionnaire (Brewinn et al., 2002)
2. are aged 18+ years and above
3. are residents of the designated areas including Bornu (Maiduguri), and its environs.

Exclusion Criteria:

• those not meeting the study inclusion criteria will be excluded.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Treatment
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Group-integrated Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (Gi-CBT); The Gi-CBT sessions will cover relevant aspects of tackling trauma, and the CBT component will involve addressing negative thoughts, building more positive ones and building resilience through post-traumatic situations and adversities.	Behavioral: Gi-CBT; Gi-CBT designed to cover relevant aspects of tackling trauma, and the CBT component will involve addressing negative thoughts, building more positive ones and building resilience.
Active Comparator: Media Intervention; The second group will receive Media Orientation (MO). The MO sessions will embed media content to create awareness of the government's approaches to reintegration.	Other: Media Orientation; The MO sessions will embed media content to create awareness of the government's approaches to reintegration.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
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]
PHQ-9	Change in Depressive Symptoms	Change is being assessed at baseline, at 12 weeks end of intervention, at 3-months post-intervention]
The Attitude Towards Repentant Terrorist and their Reintegration scale	Change in attitude towards reintegration	Change is being assessed at baseline, at 12 weeks end of intervention, at 3-months post-intervention]
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

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Teesside University
• Collaborators: Coal City University

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Anticipated): December 20, 2022
• Primary Completion (Anticipated): November 30, 2023
• Study Completion (Anticipated): November 30, 2023

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: November 28, 2022
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: November 28, 2022
• First Posted (Estimate): December 7, 2022

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Estimate): December 7, 2022
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: November 28, 2022
• Last Verified: November 1, 2022

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Behavioral Symptoms; Depression
• Other Study ID Numbers: 0000-0003-0516-0313c

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