Group intervention to reduce intimate partner abuse by men in substance use treatment

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Intimate partner abuse and substance use; Mental and Behavioural Disorders

• Registration Number: ISRCTN66109369
• Lead Sponsor: King's College London

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2020-01-20
• Study Completion: 2021-09-30
• Last Update Posted: 18 October 2021

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Stopped
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 378

Inclusion Criteria

Men receiving community substance use treatment:
1. Male participant has perpetrated abusive or violent behaviour towards a current or ex female partner in the last 12 months
2. Contact with current or ex female partner at least once in the past 4 months – in person, or by phone/ text/ email/ social media
3. Plans to stay in current location for the next 6 months
4. Agrees to provide contact details of current and/or ex female partner
5. Ability to understand and communicate in English
6. Able to attend the intervention (believe that the proposed day and time the group is planned to be delivered is suitable)
7. Substance use treatment service assesses as suitable to participate in the trial

Current or ex-female partners of men in the trial:
1. Current or ex-partner participating in the trial
2. Aged 18 years or older
3. Lives in the UK
4. Ability to understand and communicate in English

Exclusion Criteria

Men receiving community substance use treatment
1. Male reporting current order preventing him from contacting current or ex female partner
2. Currently attending an intervention for IPA
3. Previously attended the ADVANCE intervention for IPA
4. Participant is not/ no longer attending the substance use treatment service
5. Other safety concerns that may put the female partner at risk. These will be considered on a case by case basis by the research team and the substance use treatment service e.g. where both participants share a mobile phone number, the male participant has a court case pending for IPA or there is a child protection hearing pending.

Current or ex-female partners of men in the trial
1. Current order preventing her from contacting current or ex male partner recruited to the trial
2. Other safety concerns that may put the male partner at risk. These will be considered on a case by case basis by the research team and the clinical team e.g. where both participants share a mobile phone number, the female participant has a court case pending for IPA or there is a child protection hearing pending.
3. Female partner discloses that there is an order preventing her male current or ex-partner from contacting her (i.e. contradicting what he has said in his screening interview). In such cases the man would not be withdrawn, unless the clinical team felt there was an increased risk to either party in his continuing in the study.

Male partners and non-English speaking female partners will not be eligible to take part in the trial but will be offered support for their IPA victimisation.

If a female partner is excluded because she has a current order preventing her from contacting current or ex male partner – her current or ex male partner will remain in the trial.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Total score in self-reported perpetration of IPA by men in substance use treatment measured using the adapted 29-item Abusive Behavior Inventory (ABI) - partner form (perpetration)in the previous 4 months at 12 months post-randomisation