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A study to evaluate if providing vape as a smokefree support product to service users in an acute inpatient mental health unit is acceptable to both service users and staff.

Not Applicable
Conditions
Acute mental health disorder
Mental Health - Addiction
Mental Health - Anxiety
Mental Health - Depression
Mental Health - Psychosis and personality disorders
Mental Health - Schizophrenia
Mental Health - Suicide
Registration Number
ACTRN12619001128189
Lead Sponsor
Counties Manukau Health
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
ot yet recruiting
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
30
Inclusion Criteria

1. Inclusion criteria for patients:
Patients in the closed unit (Kimi Whanaungatanga ward) of the adult inpatient mental health unit - Tiaho Mai at Counties Manukau Health (CMH) who self-reports they smoke at admission or are confirmed by a nurse that they are a smoker (if they are not too unwell to self-report at the time of admission).
2. Inclusion criteria for staff:
Staff members who are willing to learn to use vaping product and can demonstrate how to use it for service users.

Staff who are consented to participate the study.

Exclusion Criteria

Patients: nonsmokers, patients without the capacity to consent (i.e. dementia, intellectually impaired and require high dependent guardians), and pregnant women.

Staff: Staff members who are not willing to learn and teach service users how to use vaping product. Staff member who are allergic to vape.

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
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