Questionnaire About Individual's Insight/Awareness of Risk of Violence

Sponsor

Bournemouth University (Other)

Overall Status

Withdrawn

CT.gov ID

NCT03762356

Collaborator

Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation Trust (Other)

Enrollment

Anticipated Duration (Months)

Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

The overall aim of this questionnaire is to gather the views of qualified clinicians on what factors contribute to an individual's insight or awareness into their own violent behaviours. The questionnaire will also explore what type of tool would be useful to develop for use in clinical practice to aid effective risk assessment and management. Brief demographic information will also be gathered.

Condition or Disease	Intervention/Treatment	Phase
Risk Behavior, Health Violence Risk Behavior

Detailed Description

Despite insight into violence being a factor regularly addressed by professionals in the assessment of future violence occurring research on this concept is sparse. Research instead tends to focus specifically on insight into violence specifically in relation to schizophrenia rather than more broadly in forensic and other clinical settings. What evidence there is suggests that developing an individual's insight or awareness of their own risk of violence is a key factor in reducing the likelihood of them engaging in further acts of violence. Being able to appropriately assess this is key and appears to currently be inconsistent between professionals.

In this study, therefore, a questionnaire will be disseminated to professionals working in secure care or a forensic community setting in order to gather their views on what factors contribute to an individual's insight or awareness into their own violent behaviours.

All clinicians/professionals who are currently employed and qualified as an Offender Manager, Offender Supervisor, Psychologist, Nurse, Social Worker, Occupational Therapist, Psychiatrist, Prison Officer currently working in a secure care or forensic community setting will be eligible to participate. Individuals with the appropriate qualifications working within private practice in the UK will also be eligible to participate. Those working outside the UK will not be eligible to participate.

Study Design

Study Type:

Observational

Actual Enrollment :

0 participants

Observational Model:

Other

Time Perspective:

Other

Official Title:

What Factors Are Important When Assessing an Individual's Insight/Awareness of Their Own Violence Risk?

Anticipated Study Start Date :

Sep 1, 2020

Anticipated Primary Completion Date :

Feb 1, 2021

Anticipated Study Completion Date :

Feb 1, 2021

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

Questionnaire responses that measure levels of insight or awareness of violence [10 minutes]
Online survey responses as to range of factors identified by clinicians, a consensus on a format of insight tool and to have sufficient information to be able to devise an insight tool that measures level of insight or awareness of violence.

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study:

18 Years and Older

Sexes Eligible for Study:

Male

Accepts Healthy Volunteers:

Yes

Inclusion Criteria:

Employed as a qualified as a Psychologist, Nurse, Social Worker, Occupational Therapist, Psychiatrist, Prison Officer or Offender Manager currently working in a secure care or forensic community setting.

Exclusion Criteria:

Those working solely in private practice outside of organisations and those who work outside the UK, are not eligible to participate

Contacts and Locations

Locations

No locations specified.

Sponsors and Collaborators

Bournemouth University
Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation Trust

Investigators

Study Chair: Joe Lowenstein, BSc MSc DClinPsy, Chief Investigator

Study Documents (Full-Text)

None provided.

More Information

Publications

None provided.

Responsible Party:

Bournemouth University

ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:

NCT03762356

Other Study ID Numbers:

BournemouthU

First Posted:

Dec 3, 2018

Last Update Posted:

Oct 30, 2020

Last Verified:

Oct 1, 2020

Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement:

Plan to Share IPD:

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product:

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product:

Keywords provided by Bournemouth University

Study Results

No Results Posted as of Oct 30, 2020