Evaluating EQUIP with offenders who have intellectual and developmental disabilities

ISRCTN	ISRCTN32681566
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN32681566
Protocol serial number	8206
Sponsor	University of Kent (UK)
Funder	National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) (UK) - National Coordinating Centre for Research Capacity Development (NCCRCD) fellowship

Submission date: 30/06/2010
Registration date: 30/06/2010
Last edited: 30/08/2013

Recruitment status: No longer recruiting
Overall study status: Completed
Condition category: Mental and Behavioural Disorders

Prospectively registered

Protocol

Statistical analysis plan

Results

Individual participant data

Plain English summary of protocol

Not provided at time of registration

Contact information

Dr Peter Langdon
Scientific

School of Medicine
Health Policy and Practice
Earlham Road
Norwich
NR4 7TJ
United Kingdom

Email	p.langdon@uea.ac.uk

Study information

Primary study design	Interventional
Study design	Single centre non-randomised interventional treatment trial
Secondary study design	Non randomised controlled trial
Study type	Participant information sheet
Scientific title	An evaulation of EQUIP with offenders who have intellectual and developmental disabilities: a single centre non-randomised interventional treatment study
Study objectives	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(s)	Cambridgeshire 4 NHS Research Ethics Committee approved on the 10th December 2009 (ref: 09/H0305/103)
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied	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
Primary outcome measure(s)	Moral Reasoning, measured pre- and post-treatment
Key secondary outcome measure(s)	1. Anger, measured pre- and post-treatment 2. Behavioural observations, measured pre- and post-treatment 3. Problem solving ability, measured pre- and post-treatment
Completion date	31/01/2010

Eligibility

Participant type(s)	Patient
Age group	Adult
Sex	Male
Target sample size at registration	8
Key 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
Key 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
Date of first enrolment	15/01/2010
Date of final enrolment	31/01/2010

Locations

Countries of recruitment

United Kingdom
England

Study participating centre

School of Medicine

Norwich
NR4 7TJ
United Kingdom

Results and Publications

Individual participant data (IPD) Intention to share	No
IPD sharing plan summary	Not provided at time of registration
IPD sharing plan

Study outputs

Output type	Details	Date created	Date added	Peer reviewed?	Patient-facing?
Results article	results	01/03/2013		Yes	No
Participant information sheet	Participant information sheet	11/11/2025	11/11/2025	No	Yes