ArticleHealth education research2012
Do smoking cessation websites meet the needs of smokers with severe mental illnesses?
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- Effectiveness and Experience of Implementing Digital Interventions to Promote Smoking Cessation Among Adults With Severe Mental Illness: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2025Pooled it
- Digital health behaviour change interventions in severe mental illness: a systematic review.Psychological medicine · 2023Pooled it
- Barriers and Facilitation Measures Related to People With Mental Disorders When Using the Web: A Systematic Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2016Pooled it
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- A pre-post pilot study of a brief, web-based intervention to engage disadvantaged smokers into cessation treatment.Addiction science & clinical practice · 2015Trial
- Web-Based Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Tobacco Cessation Program for Veterans With Mental Health Disorders: Adaptation and Usability Testing.JMIR formative research · 2026Article
- Smoking Cessation Apps for People with Schizophrenia: How Feasible Are m-Health Approaches?Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- Usability and Acceptability of Two Smartphone Apps for Smoking Cessation Among Young Adults With Serious Mental Illness: Mixed Methods Study.JMIR mental health · 2021Article
- Key Variables for Effective eHealth Designs for Individuals With and Without Mental Health Disorders: 2^12-4 Fractional Factorial Experiment.Journal of medical Internet research · 2021Article
- Acceptability and Usability of Mobile Apps for Smoking Cessation Among Young Adults With Psychotic Disorders and Other Serious Mental Illness.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2021Article
- Brief, Web-Based Interventions to Motivate Smokers With Schizophrenia: Randomized Trial.JMIR mental health · 2020Article
- Pilot study of a mobile smoking cessation intervention for low-income smokers with serious mental illness.Journal of smoking cessation · 2019Article
- Cocreative Development of the QoL-ME: A Visual and Personalized Quality of Life Assessment App for People With Severe Mental Health Problems.JMIR mental health · 2019Article
- Digital technology for health promotion: opportunities to address excess mortality in persons living with severe mental disorders.Evidence-based mental health · 2019Review
- Mobile Mindfulness Intervention on an Acute Psychiatric Unit: Feasibility and Acceptability Study.JMIR mental health · 2017Article
- Mobile Phone Apps for Smoking Cessation: Quality and Usability Among Smokers With Psychosis.JMIR human factors · 2017Article
- Designing eHealth Applications to Reduce Cognitive Effort for Persons With Severe Mental Illness: Page Complexity, Navigation Simplicity, and Comprehensibility.JMIR human factors · 2017Article
- Improving Health Literacy. The New American Thoracic Society Guidelines for Patient Education Materials.Annals of the American Thoracic Society · 2016Article
- Development and usability testing of a web-based smoking cessation treatment for smokers with schizophrenia.Internet interventions · 2016Article
- Web-Based Psychoeducation Program for Caregivers of First-Episode of Psychosis: An Experience of Chinese Population in Hong Kong.Frontiers in psychology · 2016Article
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Abstract
Many people learn about smoking cessation through information on the Internet. Whether people with severe mental illnesses, who have very high rates of smoking, are able to use currently available websites about smoking cessation is unknown. The study reported here assessed whether four smoking cessation websites met usability guidelines and whether they were usable by smokers with severe mental illnesses. Four websites that appeared first on a Google search and represented an array of sponsors were selected. First, five experts rated the websites on adequacy of content in six areas and usability in 20 areas. Second, 16 smokers with severe mental illnesses performed two search tasks on the websites with researchers observing their searches and interviewing them regarding usability. One of the websites was rated by experts as acceptable for content and usability, but most of the participants were unable to navigate this website. The only website that was navigable received poor content ratings by experts. Four easily accessible websites did not meet the needs of smokers with severe mental illnesses. Although the Internet is a promising strategy to provide education about treatments, website developers must attend to the needs and capacities of multiple user groups.
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