Brain Injury Research in Prisons (BIRP): Prevalence of a history of acquired brain injury in South Australian prisoners and evaluation of behavioural impacts.

Prevalence of a history of acquired brain injury in South Australian prisoners and significance of this for prisoners and prison system

Status

Not yet recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ANZCTR

Registry ID

ACTRN12616000869471

Acronym

BIRP

Enrollment

414

Registered

2016-07-04

Start date

2016-07-07

Completion date

2018-06-28

Last updated

2020-01-13

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Conditions

None listed

Brief summary

A number of studies have reported a high prevalance of people with an acquired brain injury are incarcerated in prisons throughout the world. This study will investigate the prevalence of prisoners in SA prisons who have a history of traumatic or non traumatic brain injury from incident, stroke or substance abuse. This prevalence study forms phase 1 of the trial. Phase 2 of the trial will investigate the neurobehavioural sequelae of those who have experienced an ABI. Phase 3 will involve a qualitative investigation with prisoners being interviewed about their experiences in prison, and preparing to leave prison to manage in the community.

Interventions

Phase 1. Prevalence study. Data will be collected by prison health nurses conducting the admitting health assessments. A semi-structured interview format will be used to ask about past incidences and risk factors for acquired brain injury. This will form part of their health assessment. Phase 2. Observational study Prisoners who are evaluated as having a history of ABI (fulfilled at least one or more risk factors) will be invited to meet with the nurse manager to complete 3 questionaires which is estimated will take approximately 30 minutes. The Frontal Systems Behaviour Scale and Neurobehavioural Investory will assess behavioural characteristics of participants. The demographic questionaire will ask questions about their medical and psychiatric history as well as their educational background. Phase 3: Qualitative investigation. 10 -15 prisoners will be invited to attend an interview with the Chief Investigator, an experienced interviewer to seek their perceptions on their experiences within the prison system, and any issues they have about returning to the community.

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

Prisoners on the day of their admission to prison (not transfers from other prisons)

Exclusion criteria

Prisoners who are being transferred from another prison

Outcome results