FAmily Oriented Mindfulness Informed Legal Education (FAMiLE) Programme for Parent or Carers Affected by Incarceration and Improving Parenting in Nigeria (FAMiLE)

FAmily Oriented Mindfulness Informed Legal Education (FAMiLE) Programme for Parent or Carers Affected by Incarceration and Improving Parenting in Nigeria: a Randomised Control Trial

Incarceration is a prevalent problem globally and in Nigeria. Its effect significantly impacts left behind parent or primary care givers and also the wellbeing of the families and children. Limited access to support has posed a constraint in effectively addressing the issues suffered by affected families in Nigeria. In addition, having a family member incarcerated could affect parenting due to factors such as anxiety, trauma, depression, poor social support, awareness of legal channels for complaint and harsh parenting to children. The implication is that it could not only have a negative impact on the affected victim but also on their parenting styles or caring responsibilities, which could be detrimental to children's development and wellbeing and resort to criminal behaviours. In essence this study seeks to examine the feasibility and acceptability of a brief FAmily oriented Mindfulness informed Legal Education (FAMiLE) intervention in comparison to the waitlist control group (who will be administered the intervention at a later date) in improving parenting, legal awareness, social cohesion, wellbeing and reducing trauma and anxiety as a result of the effect of having a family member incarcerated.

Study Overview

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Conditions: Depression; Anxiety; Trauma; Parenting Intervention
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: FAmily oriented Mindfulness informed Legal Education (FAMiLE)

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

Contacts and Locations

• Study Contact: Name: Dung E Jidong, Dr; Email: Dung.Jidong@manchester.ac.uk
• Study Contact Backup: Name: Tarela J Ike; Phone Number: 016-423-4231; Email: T.ike@tees.ac.uk

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Adult; Older Adult
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• 18 years and above
• Parent or carer with child(ren) or with caring responsibilities for children affected by incarceration.
• Able to provide full consent for their participation.
• A resident of the study areas (Delta, Jos or Lagos State)

Exclusion Criteria:

• Less than 18 years
• Unable to consent
• Currently undergoing severe mental health treatment
• Unable to speak the English language fluently

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Treatment
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: Single

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: FAmily oriented Mindfulness informed Legal Education (FAMiLE); The FAmily oriented Mindfulness informed Legal Education (FAMiLE) is a four sessions intervention lasting approximately 90 minutes each. A session will be delivered weekly for 4 weeks.	Behavioral: FAmily oriented Mindfulness informed Legal Education (FAMiLE); The FAmily oriented Mindfulness informed Legal Education (FAMiLE) is a low-intensity intervention involving four sessions. The session will cover relevant aspects of brief mindfulness, legal education, awareness of human rights and challenges of complaint, including support. The Family oriented component will include stress management, including coping techniques and problem-solving, positive communication, behaviour modification and parenting, and a session on consolidation including sustaining gains. The intervention will also incorporate positive parenting and interactions with children.
No Intervention: Control - Waitlist Group; The control group will not receive an intervention until after the assessment periods at baseline, end of intervention and 3 months follow up before they will be administered the FAMiLE intervention.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Service Satisfaction Scale	A five item scale that can be used to assess and measure satisfaction, acceptability and quality of the intervention. Higher score denote positive outcomes and acceptability. Lower score denotes poor satisfaction and acceptability.	4 weeks at the end of intervention

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Post-traumatic Stress Disorder Checklist (PCL-5)	The PCL-5 is a 20-item self-report measure that can be used to assess the 20 DSM-5 symptoms of post traumatic stress disorder. A 5-10 point change represents reliable change (i.e., change not due to chance) and a 10-20 point change represents clinically significant change.	Baseline, 4 weeks end of intervention and 3 months post intervention.
Generalised Anxiety Disorder (GAD-7)	The GAD-7 is a seven item scale for screening, measuring and assessing the severity of generalised anxiety disorder. Scores of 5, 10, and 15 are taken as the cut-off points for mild, moderate and severe anxiety, respectively.	Baseline, 4 weeks end of intervention and 3 months post intervention.
Oslo Social Support Scale (OSSS-3)	The scale is a 3-item self-reported measure designed for assessing and measuring the level of social support. The sum score ranges from 3 to 14, with high values representing strong levels and low values representing poor levels of social support as indicated as follows: a) 3-8 poor social support, b) 9-11 moderate social support, c) 12-14 strong social support.	Baseline, 4 weeks end of intervention and 3 months post intervention.
Legal-informed Awareness of Complaint Channel Scale (LACCS)	The LACCS is a 10-item scale that is designed for assessing and measuring level of awareness of complaint channels and legal rights. The scale has an overall rating of 30, with 0-7 indicating poor knowledge, 8-15 (average knowledge), 16-22 (good knowledge) and 23-30 (excellent knowledge).	Baseline, 4 weeks end of intervention and 3 months post intervention.
Harsh Parenting Scale	The scale is a 4 item scale use to assess harsh parenting. The scale has a rating of 20 with lower scores indicating non harsh parenting and higher scores indicating severe harsh parenting.	Baseline, 4 weeks end of intervention and 3 months post intervention.
Parenting Stress Scale	The PSS is an 18-item questionnaire for assessing parents' feelings about their parenting role, exploring both positive aspects (e.g. personal development, emotional benefits,) and negative aspects of parenthood (e.g. demands on resources, and feelings of stress). Parental stress scores range from 18 to 90, with lower scores indicating lower levels of parental stress.	Baseline, 4 weeks end of intervention and 3 months post intervention.
Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9)	The Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) is a 9-item questionnaire that will be used for screening, monitoring, measuring and assessing the severity of depression. Low scores (e.g. 0-4) indicate no depression, however, higher scores (20-27) indicates severe depression.	Baseline, 4 weeks end of intervention and 3 months post intervention.
European Quality of Life Scale EQ-5D-5L	The EQ-5D-5L is a 5 item scale designed to aid assessment of the generic quality of life. In the EQ-5D-5L, each dimension has five response levels: no problems (Level 1); slight (Level 2); moderate (Level 3); severe (Level 4); and extreme problems (Level 5). There are 3,125 possible health states defined by combining one level from each dimension, ranging from 11111 (full health) to 55555 (worst health).	Baseline, 4 weeks end of intervention and 3 months post intervention.
Incarceration, Stress and Parenting Scale	The scale is a 4 item scale that will be use for assessing and measuring incarceration impact, stress and parenting. The scale has an overall rating of 20 with score ranging 1-5 indicating severe stress in parenting, 5-10 indicating moderately severe stress in parenting, 11-15 mild stress in parenting and 16- 20 no stress in parenting.	Baseline, 4 weeks end of intervention and 3 months post intervention.

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Teesside University
• Collaborators: University of Manchester; Jos University Teaching Hospital

Publications and helpful links

General Publications

• Ogunbosi BO, Adepoju AA, Orimadegun AE, Odaibo GN, Olaleye OD, Akinyinka OO. Challenges of caregivers and needs of children with parents in a Nigerian prison. Niger J Paediatr. 2022 Jul-Sep;49(3):240-244.
• Adetunji, C.M., Gachuri, E.W. and Wanjao, J.N., (2024). Beyond Spouses' Imprisonment: Expectations of Non-incarcerated Female Partners of Inmates at Nigeria's Agodi-Ibadan Medium Correctional Facility. Journal of Sociology, Psychology and Religious, 4(1), pp.42-53.

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Estimated): October 11, 2024
• Primary Completion (Estimated): August 29, 2025
• Study Completion (Estimated): August 29, 2025

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: September 19, 2024
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: October 3, 2024
• First Posted (Actual): October 8, 2024

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): October 8, 2024
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: October 3, 2024
• Last Verified: September 1, 2024

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Anxiety; family; depression; incarceration; Parenting intervention; truama
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Behavioral Symptoms; Depression
• Other Study ID Numbers: 0000-0003-0516-0313f

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO
• IPD Plan Description: Data supporting this study cannot be made available due to the sensitive nature and ethical reasons on confidentiality.

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No
• product manufactured in and exported from the U.S.: No