Control of Violence for Angry and Impulsive Drinkers

ISRCTN	ISRCTN80946686
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN80946686
Protocol serial number	Covaid TRIAL NOMS 2010
Sponsor	National Offender Management Service, Cymru (NOMS Cymru) (UK)
Funder	National Offender Management Service, Cymru (NOMS Cymru) (UK)

Submission date: 03/08/2010
Registration date: 22/02/2011
Last edited: 21/02/2014

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

Ms Nic Bowes
Scientific

Department of Psychology
School of Health Science
UWIC
Llandaff Campus
Cardiff
CF5 2YB
United Kingdom

Email	NBowes@uwic.ac.uk

Study information

Primary study design	Interventional
Study design	Two-armed randomised controlled trial
Secondary study design	Randomised controlled trial
Study type	Participant information sheet
Scientific title	Control of Violence for Angry and Impulsive Drinkers: a feasibility study for a Randomised Controlled Trial with imprisoned adult males in South Wales
Study acronym	COVAID RCT
Study objectives	To establish the feasibility of a full scale randomised controlled trial (RCT) for evaluating Control of Violence for Angry and Impulsive Drinkers (COVAID).
Ethics approval(s)	UWIC School of Health Science Ethics Committee approved on the 14th September 2009 (ref: 1655)
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied	Alcohol and violence
Intervention	Participants will be randomised to one of the following arms: 1. COVAID-GS (group secure): a fully accredited cognitive-behavioural treatment programme that aims to reduce the likelihood of alcohol-related aggression and violence 2. Treatment as usual (TAU) COVAID and TAU participants will receive 10 sessions of COVAID treatment delivered over the period of 4 weeks. Measures will be taken pre- and post-intervention. For TAU the same measures will be taken at the same interval 4 weeks, pre- and post-intervention. Reoffending analysis will be undertaken with this sample for a maximum period of 6 years (in line with participant information sheets), although the likelihood is that no further data will be collected after 24 month reconviction data.
Intervention type	Other
Primary outcome measure(s)	A full-scale RCT will be considered feasible if: 1. The numbers referred, recruited to the trial, randomised and retained in the trial would support a full-scale RCT 2. At least 90% of participants complete all measures 3. 85% of both prisoners and staff express positive views about COVAID 4. It is possible to calculate the costs of COVAID and TAU Measures will be taken at pre- and post-intervention.
Key secondary outcome measure(s)	Measures will be taken at pre- and post-intervention: 1. Violent reoffending at 6 months after participants release into the community 2. Treatment Motivation Questionnaire (TMQ) 3. Alcohol Related Aggression Questionnaire (ARAQ) 4. Impulsivity (Eysenck Impulsiveness scale) 5. Anger control (STAXI-2) 6. Controlled drinking self-efficacy (CDSES) 7. Client Service Receipt Inventory (CSRI)
Completion date	30/08/2010

Eligibility

Participant type(s)	Patient
Age group	Not Specified
Sex	All
Target sample size at registration	100
Key inclusion criteria	1. Male convicted offenders aged 18 or over serving a determinate custodial sentence of 12 months and over 2. At least 3 incidents for alcohol-related violent offending in the past two years 3. Willing and able to participate 4. A moderate standard of literacy 5. An Offender Group Reconviction Scale version 3 (OGRS3) risk score of 35 or over 6. Have time to participate in the programme within the last 6 months of custody
Key exclusion criteria	1. Active symptoms of mental illness 2. Significant mental impairment 3. Information stating that the offender must abstain from alcohol on medical grounds 4. Indeterminate sentence for public protection 5. Life sentence 6. Serving a sentence for a sexual offence
Date of first enrolment	30/10/2009
Date of final enrolment	30/08/2010

Locations

Countries of recruitment

United Kingdom
Wales

Study participating centre

Department of Psychology

Cardiff
CF5 2YB
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		10/02/2012		Yes	No
Results article		12/03/2014		Yes	No
Participant information sheet	Participant information sheet	11/11/2025	11/11/2025	No	Yes