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A Co-Designed Active Video Game for Physical Activity Promotion in People With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Pilot Trial
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A Co-Designed Active Video Game for Physical Activity Promotion in People With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Pilot Trial
JMIR Serious Games, Vol.9(1), e23069
27/01/2021
PMID: 33502321
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Abstract
People with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) who are less active have lower quality of life, greater risk of exacerbations, and greater mortality than those who are more active. The effectiveness of physical activity interventions may facilitate the addition of game elements to improve engagement. The use of a co-design approach with people with COPD and clinicians as co-designers may also improve the effectiveness of the intervention.
The primary aim of this study is to evaluate the feasibility of a co-designed mobile game by examining the usage of the game, subjective measures of game engagement, and adherence to wearing activity trackers. The secondary aim of this study is to estimate the effect of the game on daily steps and daily moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA).
Participants with COPD who were taking part in the co-design of the active video game (n=9) acted as the experiment group, spending 3 weeks testing the game they helped to develop. Daily steps and MVPA were compared with a control group (n=9) of participants who did not co-design or test the game.
Most participants (8/9, 89%) engaged with the game after downloading it. Participants used the game to record physical activity on 58.6% (82/141) of the days the game was available. The highest scores on the Intrinsic Motivation Inventory were seen for the value and usefulness subscale, with a mean of 6.38 (SD 0.6). Adherence to wearing Fitbit was high, with participants in both groups recording steps on >80% of days. Usage of the game was positively correlated with changes in daily steps but not with MVPA.
The co-designed mobile app shows promise as an intervention and should be evaluated in a larger-scale trial in this population.
Details
- Title
- A Co-Designed Active Video Game for Physical Activity Promotion in People With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Pilot Trial
- Creators
- Joshua Simmich (Author) - University of QueenslandAllison Mandrusiak (Author) - University of QueenslandStuart Trevor Smith (Author) - Southern Cross UniversityNicole Hartley (Author) - University of QueenslandTrevor Glen Russell (Author) - University of Queensland
- Publication Details
- JMIR Serious Games, Vol.9(1), e23069
- Publisher
- J M I R Publications, Inc.; Canada
- Identifiers
- 991012922099902368
- Copyright
- ©Joshua Simmich, Allison Mandrusiak, Stuart Trevor Smith, Nicole Hartley, Trevor Glen Russell. Originally published in JMIR Serious Games (http://games.jmir.org), 27.01.2021. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work, first published in JMIR Serious Games, is properly cited. The complete bibliographic information, a link to the original publication on http://games.jmir.org, as well as this copyright and license information must be included.
- Academic Unit
- Faculty of Health
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article