Online intervention to improve intimate relationships for men in substance use treatment
- Conditions
- Substance use and intimate partner abuseMental and Behavioural DisordersMental and behavioural disorders due to psychoactive substance use
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN66619273
- Lead Sponsor
- King's College London
- Brief Summary
2022 Protocol article in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35907900/ (added 01/08/2022)
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 60
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. Agrees to provide contact details of current and/or ex female (and male partner if bisexual) partner for safeguarding reasons
4. Ability to understand and communicate in English
5. Able to attend the intervention (digital literacy ability to participate, technology and data can be supplied by the research team)
6. Substance use treatment service assesses as suitable to participate in the trial
Inclusion criteria – current or ex-female partners of men in the study:
1. Current or ex-partner participating in the study
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. Men 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.
Exclusion criteria – current or ex-female partners of men in the study:
1. Current order preventing her from contacting current or ex male partner recruited to the study
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 study 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 her current or ex male partner – her current or ex male partner will remain in the study.
Selection for suitability will be conducted by substance use service/clinical staff and based on:
1. Meeting the inclusion criteria
2. Not meeting any exclusion criteria
3. Based on specific IPV risk assessment screening (Brief Spousal Assault Form for the Evaluation of Risk (B-SAFER) for male perpetrators
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
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- Secondary Outcome Measures
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