Usability of a Website for People With Schizophrenia

Schizophrenia Website Usability

Status

Withdrawn

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT00177879

Enrollment

Registered

2005-09-15

Start date

2005-08-31

Completion date

2007-08-31

Last updated

2015-05-07

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Conditions

Cognitive Deficits Related to Internet Use

Keywords

website, comparison

Brief summary

This study will determine the usability of a website for people with schizophrenia versus other websites designed for the same purpose.

Detailed description

The objective of this study is to test and compare the usability of a website developed as part of a NIMH-funded project (see IRB #0208128), versus four other online websites in a effort to continue to improve website design elements and maximize usability by those identified with schizophrenia, a disease that produces cognitive impairments. Prior usability testing done to evaluate a website developed as part of a NIMH-funded project (see IRB #0208128) was used to develop a website designed specifically to meet the needs of those with cognitive deficits. Generally, the website was well received. However, an implicit component of this project was to make quantitative statements comparing the website developed in this project to other existing websites for individuals with schizophrenia, in order to maintain and improve the usability of the website. As such, it is important to test the usability of this website versus other websites to continue to improve design elements and ease of use for those with serious mental illness.

Interventions

BEHAVIORALwebsite comparison

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

SINGLE_GROUP

Masking

NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to 68 Years

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* Diagnosis of Schizophrenia

Exclusion criteria

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Subject task performance data will be analyzed to determine what website properties influenced subject's performance of various assigned website search-related tasks.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Website properties, such as reading level, font size, and amount of content on the homepage, etc will be used to determine what factors influence subject's performance, and thus the usability of the various websites.	—

Countries

United States

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026