Contact information
Type
Scientific
Primary contact
Dr Peter Langdon
ORCID ID
Contact details
School of Medicine
Health Policy and Practice
Earlham Road
Norwich
NR4 7TJ
United Kingdom
p.langdon@uea.ac.uk
Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
8206
Study information
Scientific title
An evaulation of EQUIP with offenders who have intellectual and developmental disabilities: a single centre non-randomised interventional treatment study
Acronym
Study hypothesis
This study is a pragmatic single case series examining a group based psychological intervention for men with intellectual and developmental disabilities who have been detained in hospital because of problematic illegal behaviour.
Ethics approval
Cambridgeshire 4 NHS Research Ethics Committee approved on the 10th December 2009 (ref: 09/H0305/103)
Study design
Single centre non-randomised interventional treatment trial
Primary study design
Interventional
Secondary study design
Non randomised controlled trial
Trial setting
Hospitals
Trial type
Treatment
Patient information sheet
Not available in web format, please use the contact details below to request a patient information sheet
Condition
Topic: Mental Health Research Network; Subtopic: Learning difficulties development disorders; Disease: Learning difficulties
Intervention
The intervention that we are piloting is referred to as EQUIP, and is delivered in a group format. This is not an acronym, and refers to the idea that the treatment is meant to equip offenders with the skills and abilities they need in order to avoid re-offending. The treatment draws on theoretical models from developmental psychology, namely, moral reasoning theory.
Group therapy duration: hourly sessions spread over four days in the week, for 14 weeks.
Follow-up length: 2 months
Study entry: registration only
Intervention type
Other
Phase
Not Applicable
Drug names
Primary outcome measure
Moral Reasoning, measured pre- and post-treatment
Secondary outcome measures
1. Anger, measured pre- and post-treatment
2. Behavioural observations, measured pre- and post-treatment
3. Problem solving ability, measured pre- and post-treatment
Overall trial start date
15/01/2010
Overall trial end date
31/01/2010
Reason abandoned (if study stopped)
Eligibility
Participant inclusion criteria
1. Male, lower age limit of 17 years
2. Diagnosis of an intellectual disability (intelligence quotient [IQ] less than 70) or developmental disability
3. Detention under the Mental Health Act
4. A patient on our ward
Participant type
Patient
Age group
Adult
Gender
Male
Target number of participants
Planned sample size: 8; UK sample size: 8
Participant exclusion criteria
1. Patients who are acutely mentally ill such that they are judged to be unlikely to have capacity to give consent to take part, or are unlikely to be able to actively participate in the group
2. Patients who lack capacity
3. Patients who decline participation within the clinical intervention
Recruitment start date
15/01/2010
Recruitment end date
31/01/2010
Locations
Countries of recruitment
United Kingdom
Trial participating centre
School of Medicine
Norwich
NR4 7TJ
United Kingdom
Sponsor information
Organisation
University of Kent (UK)
Sponsor details
Tizard Centre
Canterbury
CT2 7NP
United Kingdom
Sponsor type
University/education
Website
Funders
Funder type
Government
Funder name
National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) (UK) - National Coordinating Centre for Research Capacity Development (NCCRCD) fellowship
Alternative name(s)
Funding Body Type
Funding Body Subtype
Location
Results and Publications
Publication and dissemination plan
Not provided at time of registration
Intention to publish date
Participant level data
Not provided at time of registration
Basic results (scientific)
Publication list
2013 results in: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23281218
Publication citations
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Results
Langdon PE, Murphy GH, Clare IC, Palmer EJ, Rees J, An evaluation of the EQUIP treatment programme with men who have intellectual or other developmental disabilities., J Appl Res Intellect Disabil, 2013, 26, 2, 167-180, doi: 10.1111/jar.12004.