Substance Abuse and Trauma in Incarcerated Women

NCT ID: NCT01413984

Last Updated: 2014-03-18

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 95 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2010-11-30
• Study Completion Date: 2012-03-31

Brief Summary

The proposed study will evaluate Covington's Helping Women Recover (HWR) plus Beyond Trauma (BT) curriculum with female offenders at Eddie Warrior Correctional Facility in Taft, Oklahoma. The purpose of the proposed study is to expand previous findings by including a comparison group of women that are not receiving treatment but are otherwise eligible, and by using outside evaluators to conduct the assessments. Furthermore, this study will extend the outcomes measured in previous evaluations by including measures of sleep disturbance, posttraumatic cognitions, and a more extensive assessment of trauma-related symptoms. The hypotheses for this study are listed below:

1. Incarcerated women with substance use disorders and history of trauma enrolled in the integrated treatment program (HWR plus BT) will report significantly fewer symptoms on measures of posttraumatic stress and associated cognitions, substance use, depression, and related symptoms following treatment than those in the comparison group.

2. Those in the treatment group will improve significantly more than those in the comparison group on the symptoms listed above.

Conditions

Substance Abuse; Trauma; Post Traumatic Stress Disorder; Integrated Treatment; Incarcerated Women

Study Design

• Allocation Method: NON_RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: TREATMENT
• Blinding Strategy: SINGLE

Study Groups

cognitive behavioral group treatment

Helping Women Recover/Beyond Trauma integrated substance abuse and trauma treatment group. (Dr. Covington)

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Helping Women Recover/Beyond Trauma

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Four treatment rounds will be conducted, and a goal of 20 women (10 from each group) will be recruited to participate in each round. A new treatment group will start every four months. Sessions are approximately 2 hours each, 3-4 times per week over four months in a group format. This treatment program will focus on the integrated treatment of trauma and substance abuse in women. Versions of the curriculum exist both for community and corrections populations. In this intervention the corrections version will be used.

comparison group

a comparison group of incarcerated women will receive the pre and post assessments with no interventions.

Group Type: NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

Helping Women Recover/Beyond Trauma

Four treatment rounds will be conducted, and a goal of 20 women (10 from each group) will be recruited to participate in each round. A new treatment group will start every four months. Sessions are approximately 2 hours each, 3-4 times per week over four months in a group format. This treatment program will focus on the integrated treatment of trauma and substance abuse in women. Versions of the curriculum exist both for community and corrections populations. In this intervention the corrections version will be used.

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Incarcerated women at Eddie Warrior Correctional Center (EWCC) in Taft, Oklahoma
• The following 6 criteria are then employed at EWCC for HWR/BT treatment eligibility:

1. An Level of Service Inventory (LSI) score of 30 or greater

2. An LSI protective score of 15 or less

3. 1.5 years or less remaining in prison

4. A Case Plan identifying substance abuse treatment need

5. Ability to read and comprehend

6. 18 years of age or older

Exclusion Criteria

• Under age 18
• Not incarcerated
• More than 1.5 years remaining in prison
• LSI score less than 30 or a protective of more than 15
• No identified substance abuse need
• Inability to read and comprehend

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Eligible Sex: FEMALE
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

University of Tulsa

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Rachael Swopes

Graduate Student

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Rachael Swopes, M.S.

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of Tulsa

Locations

Eddie Warrior Correctional Facility

Taft, Oklahoma, United States

Countries

United States

Other Identifiers

TU 11-18

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id