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Empowered Together (coordinated social care in prison)

Empowered Together (coordinated social care in prison): A feasibility and definitive randomised controlled trial, with embedded realist informed process evaluation

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
ISRCTN
Registry ID
ISRCTN15064570
Enrollment
426
Registered
2025-10-03
Start date
2025-08-01
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-10-13

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Social care needs of adult men in prison who are at risk of having unmet needs Other

Interventions

ET Screening: All individuals living in the prison(s) are screened using the ET tool. This was adapted for prison use from one used in the community. It is aligned with the Care Act and briefly asks
hygiene equipment, meal trays)
support with maintaini

Sponsors

Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
Male

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Resident in one of the study prisons 2. Serving a sentence with at least 7 months until release date 3. Over 18 years of age 4. Has mental capacity to consent or appropriate personal or independent consultee who can provide assent (as assessed by researchers in consultation with prison staff) 5. Scores positively on the ET screen

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Unsafe for researchers to interview alone 2. In current receipt of a social care package under the Care Act 3. Insufficient knowledge of English to complete assessment and outcome measures

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Feasibility study: Unmet needs of men in prison will be measured using Camberwell Assessments of Needs-Forensic Research CANFOR-R at baseline, 6 weeks, and 3 months Definitive study: Unmet needs of men in prison will be measured using Camberwell Assessments of Needs-Forensic Research CANFOR-R at baseline, 6 weeks, and 6 months

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
At baseline, 6 weeks, and 3 months in the feasibility trial: 1. Social care related quality of life measured using the Adults Social Care Outcomes Toolkit (ASCOT SCT4) 2. Health related quality of life measured using EQ-5D-5L 3. Wellbeing measured using ICEpop CAPability measure for Adults (ICECAP-A) 4. Recovery outcomes measured using ReQol-10 At baseline, 6 weeks, and 6 months in the definitive trial: 1. Social care related quality of life measured using the Adults Social Care Outcomes Toolkit (ASCOT SCT4) 2. Health related quality of life measured using EQ-5D-5L 3. Wellbeing measured using ICEpop CAPability measure for Adults (ICECAP-A) 4. Recovery outcomes measured using ReQol-10

Countries

England, United Kingdom

Contacts

Public ContactEmily Egan
emily.egan@manchester.ac.uk+353 834824527

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026