The feasibility of a prisoner-led intervention to reduce smoking and improve diet and physical activity amongst prisoners

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: on-communicable disease risk-factors; Not Applicable

• Registration Number: ISRCTN15279360
• Lead Sponsor: Spectrum CIC

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2017-04-03
• Study Completion: 2017-09-01
• Last Update Posted: 6 February 2023

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: Male
• Target Recruitment: 80

Inclusion Criteria

1. 21 years of age and over
2. If sentenced, the research participants must be in prison for the full duration of the intervention delivery
3. If remand, the research participants must be expected to be in prison for the full duration of the intervention delivery.
4. Mental capacity to provide consent to participate

Exclusion Criteria

1. Those who will not be or are not expected to be in prison for the full duration of the intervention delivery
2. Those deemed not to have mental capacity to provide consent to participate
3. Those deemed to be a security risk (either to the researcher or other prisoners due to the group session nature of the intervention - this is because prison security departments will not usually authorise those prisoners deemed high risk to participate in group sessions)
4. Those unable to understand/speak English. This is because the intervention will involve the peer-deliverers communicating with the participants, and participants communicating with each other, on a regular basis through group sessions and one-to-one sessions. Due to the small scale nature of the project and limited funding, whilst the trialists would be able to provide translation facilities throughout the provision of information and consent process, they would be unable to provide appropriate translation facilities throughout the intervention delivery
5. Those with a severe life threatening physical illness that would preclude taking part in physical activity (e.g. bed bound due to terminal illness)

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Smoking, diet and physical activity levels, measured through self-report via a questionnaire at baseline, immediately post-intervention, 1, 3 and 6 months post-intervention

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Well-being, measured through self-report via a questionnaire at baseline, immediately post-intervention, 1, 3 and 6 months post-intervention