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

NCT ID: NCT05640921

Last Updated: 2022-12-07

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: UNKNOWN
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 24 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2022-12-20
• Study Completion Date: 2023-11-30

Brief Summary

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.

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.

Conditions

Depression; Trauma; Anxiety; Fear

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: TREATMENT
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

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.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Gi-CBT

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

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.

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.

Group Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Media Orientation

Intervention Type: OTHER

The MO sessions will embed media content to create awareness of the government's approaches to reintegration.

Interventions

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.

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Media Orientation

The MO sessions will embed media content to create awareness of the government's approaches to reintegration.

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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.

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

Coal City University

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role: collaborator

Teesside University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Tarela Ike

Dr

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Other Identifiers

0000-0003-0516-0313c

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id