Psychosis, Smoking
Conditions
Keywords
Smoking Cessation, First episode psychosis, Electronic Decision Support System
Brief summary
The investigators propose to recruit patients who have experienced a recent first episode of psychosis who have a chart diagnosis of Schizophrenia, Schizophrenifom, Schizoaffective Disorder, Psychosis NOS, or Bipolar I Disorder with psychotic features and self identify themselves as a current cigarette smoker. Aiding this population with smoking cessation is crucial as the majority of people with schizophrenia spectrum disorders (50-90%) smoke, which is leading to early mortality. While these individuals can benefit from standard evidence-based treatment, these treatments are underutilized. Web based programs, such as the EDSS and thetruth.com, can provide education and motivational tools to help people with a recent onset of psychosis use evidence-based smoking cessation treatments. This study aims to test these two web-based programs among young people with a recent episode of psychosis for usability and likeability and to explore whether use of these two programs will motivate users to seek smoking cessation treatment or to engage in other quitting behaviors in the month following use of the programs. Information gathered from this proposal will be used to help the researchers decide whether either of these two programs will be reasonable to include in a larger study of a comprehensive treatment for individuals with first episode psychosis.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALWeb-based computer program
Web-based computer programs will be used to help education people with a recent first episode of a mental illness learn about smoking. The programs are designed to help young smokers become motivated to being a smoking cessation program.
Sponsors
Northwell Health
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
15 Years to 30 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Patients with clinical diagnoses of Schizophrenia, Schizophrenifom, Schizoaffective Disorder, Psychosis NOS, or Bipolar I Disorder with psychotic features * Diagnosed with one of above diagnoses within the past five years * Ages 15-30 years old. * Self-identified current cigarette smokers * 5th grade reading level * Willing to be audio recorded. * Willing and legally able to provide informed consent to participate in the study or have a guardian provide informed consent with assent of a minor
Exclusion criteria
* Physically unable to use a computer with assistance.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| number of cigarettes smoked | One month | Self-report of number of cigarettes smoked at baseline and at one month follow-up |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Satisfaction | Immediately (up to 10 minutes) following the use of one of the web-based programs. | Immediately after using the assigned web-based program, the participant will be asked a series of questions regarding what they liked, did not like, found easy to use or found difficult to use when engaging with the computer program. These questions take approximately 5-10 minutes to answer. |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed