User-Centered Design of Learn to Quit, a Smoking Cessation Smartphone App for People With Serious Mental Illness.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Smoking rates in the United States have been reduced in the past decades to 15% of the general population. However, up to 88% of people with psychiatric symptoms still smoke, leading to high rates of disease and mortality. Therefore, there is a great need to develop smoking cessation interventions that have adequate levels of usability and can reach this population.

Objective

The objective of this study was to report the rationale, ideation, design, user research, and final specifications of a novel smoking cessation app for people with serious mental illness (SMI) that will be tested in a feasibility trial.

Methods

We used a variety of user-centered design methods and materials to develop the tailored smoking cessation app. This included expert panel guida

SUBMITTER: Vilardaga R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5790963 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature