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

Tarela Ike

Status: Not yet enrolling

Conditions: Trauma; Psychological

Treatments: Behavioral: Trauma-informed Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (TiCBT)

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05449353

0000-0003-0516-0313a

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Full 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.

Enrollment: 24 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

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

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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24 participants in 1 patient group

Trauma-infomed Cognitive Behavioural Therapy

Experimental group

Description:

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.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Trauma-informed Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (TiCBT)