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ArticleInternational journal of gaming and computer-mediated simulations2023

Who Engages and Why It Matters?: Describing Participant Engagement in a Serious Game Intervention for Patients With Advanced Cancer.

Kai-Lin You, Rebecca K Delaney, Natalie McKinley, Pat Healy, Teresa H Thomas

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Article in International journal of gaming and computer-mediated simulations, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. What Matters to Patients: Community-Engaged Design for Healthcare-Related Serious Games.Proceedings of the ... European conference on games based learning. European Conference on Games Based Learning, author · 2024
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Kai-Lin YouUniversity of Pittsburgh, USA.
Rebecca K DelaneyUniversity of Utah, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1589-1374
Natalie McKinleyUniversity of Pittsburgh, USA.
Pat HealyUniversity of Pittsburgh, USA.
Teresa H ThomasUniversity of Pittsburgh, USA.

Funding

Extension of STRONG Study to Expand Intervention ImpactR37CA262025 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI Teresa Hagan Thomas · 2021 to 2026
$3.7M
NCI NIH HHS R37 CA262025
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

While the use and benefits of serious games in health care are increasingly recognized, the impact of individuals' game engagement remains understudied, limiting the potential for impact. This pilot study aims to describe game engagement and its associations with learning outcomes, sociodemographics, and health factors in women with advanced cancer receiving a 12-week self-advocacy serious game intervention. Game engagement was collected from study tablets and weekly self-reported surveys. Participants' game engagement was overall high but with large amounts of variation and did not differ by their sociodemographics and health factors. Participants with lower baseline symptom severity were more likely to repeat game scenarios, and those who engaged in all scenarios had higher connected strength post-intervention. Knowing what prevents patients with advanced cancer from engaging in the serious game enlightens ways to refine the gamified interventions. Future research is suggested to evaluate patients' engagement to deepen understanding of its impacts on learning outcomes.

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AdvocacyCancerGame EngagementGamificationGamified InterventionSelf-advocacySerious Game

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PMID41541581
PMCPMC12803479

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