Table 1.
Assessments and procedures by study week
| Initial screen (−5) |
Medical screen/run-in (−4) |
Review (−2) |
Rando. (0) | 2 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 18 | 22 | 26 | 30 | 34 | 38 | 42 | 46 | 1 year | |
| Eligibility criteria | ✓ | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Demographic and criminographic information | ✓ | ✓ | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Impulsivity, anger and aggression | |||||||||||||||||
| Barratt Impulsiveness Scale36 | ✓ | – | – | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | – | ✓ | – | ✓ | – | ✓ | – | ✓ | – | ✓ | – |
| State Trait Anger Expression Inventory37 | – | ✓ | – | – | ✓ | ✓ | – | – | – | ✓ | – | – | – | ✓ | – | – | – |
| Anger, Irritability and Assault Questionnaire38 | – | ✓ | – | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | – | – | – | ✓ | – | – | – | ✓ | – | – | – |
| Lifestyle and mental health | |||||||||||||||||
| Short-Form-1239 | – | ✓ | – | – | ✓ | ✓ | – | – | – | ✓ | – | – | – | ✓ | – | – | – |
| Duke Social Support Index40 | – | ✓ | – | ✓ | – | – | – | – | – | ✓ | – | – | – | ✓ | – | – | – |
| Wechsler Individual Achievement Test61 | – | ✓ | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Psychiatric assessment | – | ✓ | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ✓ | – | – | – | – | – | ✓ |
| MINI International Neuropsychiatric Interview*62 | – | ✓ | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| International Personality Disorders Examination63 | – | ✓ | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Beck Depression Inventory43 | – | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | – | ✓ | – | – | – | ✓ | – | – | – | – | – |
| Kessler Psychological Distress Scale44 | – | ✓ | – | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | – | ✓ | – | ✓ | – | ✓ | – | ✓ | – | ✓ | – |
| Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test42 | – | ✓ | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Substance use41 | – | ✓ | – | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | – | ✓ | – | ✓ | – | ✓ | – | ✓ | – | ✓ | – |
| Eysenck Impulsivity Questionnaire64 | – | ✓ | – | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | – | ✓ | – | ✓ | – | ✓ | – | ✓ | – | ✓ | – |
| Level of Service Inventory-Revised49 | ✓ | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Offending behaviour | |||||||||||||||||
| Self-reported offending | – | – | – | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | – | ✓ | – | ✓ | – | ✓ | – | ✓ | – | ✓ | – |
| BOCSAR’s Reoffending Database | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ✓ |
| Other | |||||||||||||||||
| Sniffin’ Sticks65 | – | ✓ | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Medical monitoring | |||||||||||||||||
| Medical assessment | – | ✓ | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Saliva sample47 | – | ✓ | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Barnes’ Akathisia Rating Scale60, side effects | – | – | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Compliance monitoring | – | – | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Dispense study medication | – | ✓ | – | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
*Post-traumatic stress disorder, generalised anxiety disorder, social phobia, antisocial personality, obsessive compulsive disorder and panic disorder modules only.