Usability and Acceptability of Two Smartphone Apps for Smoking Cessation Among Young Adults With Serious Mental Illness: Mixed Methods Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Young adults with serious mental illness (SMI) have higher smoking rates and lower cessation rates than young adults without SMI. Scalable interventions such as smartphone apps with evidence-based content (eg, the National Cancer Institute's [NCI's] QuitGuide and quitSTART) could increase access to potentially appealing and effective treatment for this group but have yet to be tested in this population.

Objective

The goal of this user-centered design study is to determine the user experience (including usability and acceptability) of 2 widely available apps developed by the NCI-QuitGuide and quitSTART-among young adult tobacco users with SMI.

Methods

We conducted usability and acceptability testing of QuitGuide and quitSTART among participants with SMI aged

SUBMITTER: Gowarty MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8295834 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature