Engager: Evaluation of a collaborative care intervention for offenders

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Subtopic: All Diagnoses; Disease: Not Applicable; Mental disorders; Topic: Mental Health; Mental and Behavioural Disorders

• Registration Number: ISRCTN11707331
• Lead Sponsor: Devon Partnership NHS Trust

Brief Summary

2018 Protocol article in https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29463586 protocol 2021 Other publications in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34351533/ results of a a cost-utility and cost-consequences analysis (added 06/08/2021) 2022 Other publications in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35834470/ process evaluation (added 15/07/2022) 2022 Results article in https://doi.org/10.3310/MMWC3761 (added 05/03/2024) 2022 Results article in https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.2022.93 (added 05/03/2024)

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2016-02-04
• Study Completion: 2019-01-04
• Last Update Posted: 18 March 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 280

Inclusion Criteria

1. Men with prison sentence of two years or less
2. Have between 20 and 4 weeks remaining to serve
3. Be identified using screening instruments as having, or likely to have following release, common mental health problems (e.g. depression, anxiety, PTSD)
4. Be willing to engage with treatment services and research procedures
5. Released to the geographical area of the study

Exclusion Criteria

1. Prisoners on remand
2. Women (numbers are smaller and resettlement needs are different; research procedures developed are not feasible for this context)
3. Have a serious and enduring mental disorder and/or under the prison in-reach team
4. Those with active suicidal intent requiring management under the safer custody process or prison in-reach team, and where the healthcare team managing the prisoner feel it would be detrimental
NOTE: Once risk levels reduce individuals in this group will be eligible if not excluded for another reason
5. Have a primary personality disorder who are on the caseload of the Offender Personality Disorder Pathway programme
6. Present a serious risk of harm to the researchers or intervention practitioners
NOTE: Co-morbid substance misuse and personality disorder are NOT exclusion criteria

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Psychological distress is measured using the CORE-OM at baseline, 3 and 6 months post release.