Usability of a Website for People With Schizophrenia

Cognitive Deficits Related to Internet Use Clinical Trial

Official title:

Schizophrenia Website Usability

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Withdrawn

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00177879
• Other study ID #: 0411096
• Status: Withdrawn
• Phase: N/A
• First received: September 13, 2005
• Last updated: May 6, 2015
• Start date: August 2005
• Est. completion date: August 2007

Study information

• Verified date: August 2008
• Source: National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: United States: Federal Government
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

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

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.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Withdrawn
• Enrollment: 0
• Est. completion date: August 2007
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 18 Years to 68 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Diagnosis of Schizophrenia

Exclusion Criteria:

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Open Label

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Cognition Disorders
• Cognitive Deficits Related to Internet Use

Intervention

Behavioral:
• website comparison

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	University of Pittsburgh	Pittsburgh	Pennsylvania

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)	University of Pittsburgh

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Subject task performance data will be analyzed to determine what website properties influenced subject's performance of various assigned website search-related tasks.
Secondary	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.