Exploring the Potential for Family Carers to Support People With Mental Illness to Stop Smoking

Lawn, Sharon; Bowman, Jenny; Wye, Paula; Wiggers, John

doi:10.1080/15504263.2016.1267829

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“…While the survey appears to have face validity, other psychometric testing on the survey instrument’s reliability and validity has not been conducted. However, these weaknesses in the study are mitigated by its major strength extending recent literature exploring the potential for family members to help a loved one with mental illness quit smoking (Lawn et al, 2017; Lawn, McNaughton, & Fuller, 2015). …”

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An Online Survey of Family Members' Beliefs and Attitudes About Smoking and Mental Illness

Aschbrenner

Dixon

Naslund

et al. 2017

Journal of Dual Diagnosis

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Objective Family beliefs about smoking and cessation may influence whether individuals with mental illness who smoke use effective cessation treatment. We surveyed family members online regarding beliefs about smoking and cessation among people with mental illness. Method Two hundred fifty-six family members of individuals with mental illness completed an online survey. Responses were summarized and t tests were used to compare responses based on the family member’s smoking status. Results One-quarter of respondents agreed that people with mental illness must smoke to manage mental health symptoms, nearly half (48%) expressed uncertainty about the whether nicotine replacement therapy is harmful for this population, and 69% believed that family members do not have the skills to help an individual with mental illness quit smoking. Conclusions Misconceptions about smoking and mental illness and uncertainty about the safety of cessation treatment may interfere with family support for quitting smoking among people with mental illness.

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confidence: 99%

An Online Survey of Family Members' Beliefs and Attitudes About Smoking and Mental Illness

Aschbrenner

Dixon

Naslund

et al. 2017

Journal of Dual Diagnosis

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“…Patient portals used in non-mental health contexts have shown value for patients in managing symptoms such as those related to taking medications 14 ; however, it has been argued that improvements in functioning could be a more meaningful outcome than addressing symptoms for people suffering from mental illness. 15 In addition, there is a growing body of literature highlighting the important role that families can play in supporting someone with mental illness. 15 16 No known studies have been conducted to explore whether and how MHPPs offer families value in doing so.…”

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“… 15 In addition, there is a growing body of literature highlighting the important role that families can play in supporting someone with mental illness. 15 16 No known studies have been conducted to explore whether and how MHPPs offer families value in doing so. This study aims to address these current gaps in the literature.…”

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Engaging patients and family members in the evaluation of a mental health patient portal: protocol for a mixed-methods study

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IntroductionTwenty per cent of Canadians will experience a mental illness in any year. Mental health patient portals have been developed to support these individuals in taking more control over their own mental health and care. This may be done through electronic access to their health records and other supportive functions like completion of online self-assessments. To date, there has been limited research into the value that these portals may provide within mental health contexts. This study will identify what value mental health patient portals may offer to patients and their family members.Methods and analysisThis study will use a mixed-methods design. Patients will complete a survey consisting of validated instruments at the time of enrolment in the portal, and at 3 and 6 months of portal use. Patient and family member focus groups will be conducted. Portal usage data will be collected to identify if there are differences in outcomes based on usage. The study will be done at Canada’s largest mental health and addiction teaching hospital, and will be conducted using a patient and family-oriented research approach, engaging these important representatives in all stages of the research process. The primary data analysis for the survey portion of the study will be done using linear mixed-effect models, assessing the differences between patients with different portal usage levels. A thematic analysis will be conducted of the focus group transcripts.Ethics and disseminationApproval from the study site’s Research Ethics Board has been obtained. The dissemination of findings of this study will be done through presentations at conferences, as well as a formal peer-reviewed journal article. Additionally, the research team will work with a group of patients and family members to identify opportunities to complete knowledge translation and dissemination activities in non-traditional venues.

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“…Many people with mental illness are interested in quitting smoking [3] and want more support for quit attempts from people in their social networks [4]. Family members and friends could be a powerful resource for smokers with mental illness by providing information about programs for quitting, encouraging, and praising progress toward quitting, and reinforcing use of cessation treatment [5]. Smoking cessation…”

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Feasibility of a support person intervention to promote smoking cessation treatment use among smokers with mental illness

Aschbrenner

Patten

Brunette

2018

Translational Behavioral Medicine

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Social support may be an effective strategy to increase engagement in cessation treatment for smokers with mental illness. The purpose of this pilot study was to assess the feasibility of a support person intervention linking smokers with mental illness to an online smoking cessation decision aid. We conducted a 12-week pilot study of a one-session telephone coaching intervention ("Care2Quit") to train nonsmoking family members and friends (i.e., support persons) to promote the use of an online cessation decision aid by smokers with mental illness. The primary aim of the study was to assess the feasibility of the support person intervention by examining recruitment, retention, adherence, and participant satisfaction. A secondary aim was to explore changes in the hypothesized mechanism underlying the intervention effect (i.e., cessation support provided) and primary outcome (i.e., smoker use of online cessation decision aid). Seventeen support persons enrolled, of which 94% (n = 16) completed the telephone coaching intervention. Eighty-eight percent of support persons rated the intervention as highly acceptable. Self-reported cessation supportive behaviors by the support person increased significantly by 6 weeks post intervention. Forty-one percent of smokers (n = 7) linked to support persons used the online cessation decision aid by 12 weeks following the support person's telephone coaching session. Preliminary results from this study demonstrate the feasibility of a support person intervention to promote the use of smoking cessation treatment among smokers with mental illness. Future research to evaluate the efficacy of the Care2Quit support partner intervention is warranted.

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Exploring the Potential for Family Carers to Support People With Mental Illness to Stop Smoking

Cited by 5 publications

References 42 publications

An Online Survey of Family Members' Beliefs and Attitudes About Smoking and Mental Illness

An Online Survey of Family Members' Beliefs and Attitudes About Smoking and Mental Illness

Engaging patients and family members in the evaluation of a mental health patient portal: protocol for a mixed-methods study

Feasibility of a support person intervention to promote smoking cessation treatment use among smokers with mental illness

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