Mi Bridge - Motivational Interviewing to Facilitate Help-seeking Among Individuals with Sexual Interest in Children

NCT06133595 | Recruiting

• 2 other identifiers: 2023-02321-01-B101084355-BRIDGE-ISF-2021
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 60
• Locations: 6 countries
• Sites: 6

Brief Summary

The overall aim of the study is to evaluate the effectiveness of Mi Bridge to motivate high risk participants to admit to treatment. The main research question is: Is Mi Bridge, an anonymous online program based on the principles for Motivational Interviewing, effective in making high risk individuals for committing child sexual abuse prone to seek treatment for problems related to sexual interest involving children at a health care facility?

Conditions

Child Sexual Abuse; Pedophilia

Keywords

Child sexual abuse material; Motivational Interviewing; Evidence based treatment; Individuals with sexual interest in children

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• Motivation to seek treatment

  The Motivation to Seek Care questionnaire, item 1, which targets motivation to seek treatment for problems related to sexual interest involving children (Likert scale 1-7; higher scores indicates higher motivation).

  Pre-intervention, during the intervention, and immediately after the intervention.

• Motivation to make a change

  Responses on the Change Questionnaire (3 items, ordinal from 0 - 10; 0 - 30 points in total; higher score indicates more readiness to make a change related to sexual behaviors involving children).

  Pre-intervention, during the intervention, and immediately after the intervention.

Secondary Outcomes (6)

• Plan to seek treatment coming month

  Pre-intervention, during the intervention, and immediately after the intervention.

• Sexual interest involving children

  Pre-intervention, during the intervention, and immediately after the intervention.

• Behaviors related to sexual interest in children

  Pre-intervention, during the intervention, and immediately after the intervention.

• Level of hypersexuality

  Pre-intervention, during the intervention, and immediately after the intervention.

• Dynamic risk for committing child sexual abuse

  Pre-intervention, during the intervention, and immediately after the intervention.

Study Arms (2)

Experimental: MiBridge

EXPERIMENTAL

MiBridge: A series of five conversations over three weeks to help participants understand more about themselves and their willingness to change, and to help participants connect with the care they need and want.

Behavioral: Behavioral: MiBridge

No Intervention: Waitlist

NO INTERVENTION

Participants are on a waitlist which means they have no active intervention, only weekly measurements with the same questionnaires as in the active arm

Interventions

Behavioral: MiBridge BEHAVIORAL

A series of five conversations over three weeks to help participants understand more about themselves and their willingness to change, and to help participants connect with the care they need and want.

Experimental: MiBridge

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Sufficient language skills: English, Swedish, Finnish, Czech, Slovak, German, or Spanish
• Concerns about sexual interest regarding children
• CSAM use past six month
• High risk for committing child sexual abuse according to the SChiMRA scale

You may not qualify if:

• Participants with a severe psychiatric illness (such as high acute suicide risk or severe substance abuse) will be excluded, or lack of serious intentions to participate.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Karolinska Institutet: lead
• Centre for Psychiatry Research, Region Stockholm, Sweden: collaborator
• Linkoeping University: collaborator
• Universitat Jaume I, Spain: collaborator
• Protect Children Organisation, Finland: collaborator
• National Institute of Mental Health, Czech Republic: collaborator
• Academy of the Police Force, Bratislava, Slovakia: collaborator
• Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf: collaborator

Study Sites (6)

National Institute of Mental Health

Klecany, Czechia

RECRUITING

Protect Children NGO

Helsinki, Finland

RECRUITING

University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf

Hamburg, Germany

RECRUITING

Bratislava Police Academy

Bratislava, Slovakia

RECRUITING

Universitat Jaume I

Castellon, Spain

RECRUITING

Centre for psychiatry research, Region Stockholm

Stockholm, Sweden

RECRUITING

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MeSH Terms

Conditions

Pedophilia

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Paraphilic Disorders; Mental Disorders

Central Study Contacts

Christoffer Rahm, MD, PhD

CONTACT

+46793393723; christoffer.rahm@ki.se

Maria Breide

CONTACT

+46735563825; maria.breide@ki.se

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: CROSSOVER
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Principal Investigator

Model Details: Participants are allocated to either the Mi Bridge intervention or waitlist during the initial phase of the study and those who receive waitlist receive Mi Bridge during the second phase of the study.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: October 12, 2023
• First Posted: November 15, 2023
• Study Start: September 18, 2023
• Primary Completion: October 8, 2024
• Study Completion: October 8, 2024
• Last Updated: October 10, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-10

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

SL (1); SE (1); DE (1); CZ (1); ES (1); FI (1)