The PETAL intervention
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Personalised treatment packages for adults with learning disabilities who display aggression in community settings: a cluster randomised controlled trial
IRAS ID
316749
Contact name
Angela Hassiotis
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Camden & Islington NHS Foundation Trust, Noclor Research Support Service
ISRCTN Number
ISRCTN71781827
Duration of Study in the UK
2 years, 11 months, 28 days
Research summary
Although aggressive challenging behaviour is highly prevalent in adults with intellectual disability (e.g., 10-25% of adults with mild to severe intellectual disability display aggression), at the moment, there is not a consistent approach to the management of aggression in this population. Aggressive challenging behaviour has a number of consequences in people's lives including reduced quality of life, excessive use of restrictive practices and/or (antipsychotic or psychotropic) medication use, reduced physical safety of the individual or others leading to exclusion from social networks and community facilities and significant economic costs.
This cluster randomised controlled trial aims to investigate whether a new multi-component personalised psychosocial intervention is clinically and cost-effective to address aggression (e.g., improved health, better quality of life) in adults with intellectual disability. The PETAL intervention has been co-produced with family carers and adults with intellectual disability alongside researchers and clinicians in intellectual disability. This project will take place in community intellectual disability services across the UK (e.g., England, Scotland and Northern Ireland) delivering either: 1. the PETAL intervention alongside Treatment As Usual (TAU) or 2. TAU alone. That means that adults with intellectual disability will have access to care anyway. We will compare the outcomes for those in the two intervention groups.
This project is comprised of two stages:
1. a feasibility phase to test the new intervention only (PETAL intervention).
2. a pilot phase embedded in the full-scale trial and a process evaluation.REC name
Wales REC 7
REC reference
22/WA/0267
Date of REC Opinion
31 Oct 2022
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion