Developing a Health Game to Prepare Preschool Children for Anesthesia: Formative Study Using a Child-Centered Approach
Background: Every year, millions of children undergo medical procedures that require anesthesia. Fear and anxiety are common among young children undergoing such procedures and can interfere with the child's recovery and well-being. Relaxation, distraction, and education are methods that can be...
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ftunivturku:oai:www.utupub.fi:10024/163073 2023-05-15T16:52:06+02:00 Developing a Health Game to Prepare Preschool Children for Anesthesia: Formative Study Using a Child-Centered Approach Jónsdóttir Katrín Gunnarsdottir Karitas Salanterä Sanna Brynjolfsdottir Berglind Laitonen Elina Parisod Heidi Pakarinen Anni Sigurdardottir Anna Olafia Ingadottir Brynja Nyman Johanna Stefansdottir Adalheidur tyks, vsshp, tyks, vsshp hoitotieteen laitos, Department of Nursing Science 2607400 2022-10-28T13:08:24Z https://www.utupub.fi/handle/10024/163073 en eng JMIR Publications Canada Kanada CA 10 e31471 10.2196/31471 JMIR serious games 1 https://www.utupub.fi/handle/10024/163073 URN:NBN:fi-fe2022081154450 2291-9279 2022 ftunivturku 2022-11-03T00:00:42Z Background: Every year, millions of children undergo medical procedures that require anesthesia. Fear and anxiety are common among young children undergoing such procedures and can interfere with the child's recovery and well-being. Relaxation, distraction, and education are methods that can be used to prepare children and help them cope with fear and anxiety, and serious games may be a suitable medium for these purposes. User-centered design emphasizes the involvement of end users during the development and testing of products, but involving young, preschool children may be challenging. Objective: One objective of this study was to describe the development and usability of a computer-based educational health game intended for preschool children to prepare them for upcoming anesthesia. A further objective was to describe the lessons learned from using a child-centered approach with the young target group. Methods: A formative mixed methods child (user)-centered study design was used to develop and test the usability of the game. Preschool children (4-6 years old) informed the game design through playful workshops (n=26), and usability testing was conducted through game-playing and interviews (n=16). Data were collected in Iceland and Finland with video-recorded direct observation and interviews, as well as children's drawings, and analyzed with content analysis and descriptive statistics. Results: The children shared their knowledge and ideas about hospitals, different emotions, and their preferences concerning game elements. Testing revealed the high usability of the game and provided important information that was used to modify the game before publishing and that will be used in its further development. Conclusions: Preschool children can inform game design through playful workshops about health-related subjects that they are not necessarily familiar with but that are relevant for them. The game's usability was improved with the participation of the target group, and the game is now ready for clinical testing. Other/Unknown Material Iceland University of Turku: UTUPub |
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Background: Every year, millions of children undergo medical procedures that require anesthesia. Fear and anxiety are common among young children undergoing such procedures and can interfere with the child's recovery and well-being. Relaxation, distraction, and education are methods that can be used to prepare children and help them cope with fear and anxiety, and serious games may be a suitable medium for these purposes. User-centered design emphasizes the involvement of end users during the development and testing of products, but involving young, preschool children may be challenging. Objective: One objective of this study was to describe the development and usability of a computer-based educational health game intended for preschool children to prepare them for upcoming anesthesia. A further objective was to describe the lessons learned from using a child-centered approach with the young target group. Methods: A formative mixed methods child (user)-centered study design was used to develop and test the usability of the game. Preschool children (4-6 years old) informed the game design through playful workshops (n=26), and usability testing was conducted through game-playing and interviews (n=16). Data were collected in Iceland and Finland with video-recorded direct observation and interviews, as well as children's drawings, and analyzed with content analysis and descriptive statistics. Results: The children shared their knowledge and ideas about hospitals, different emotions, and their preferences concerning game elements. Testing revealed the high usability of the game and provided important information that was used to modify the game before publishing and that will be used in its further development. Conclusions: Preschool children can inform game design through playful workshops about health-related subjects that they are not necessarily familiar with but that are relevant for them. The game's usability was improved with the participation of the target group, and the game is now ready for clinical testing. |
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tyks, vsshp, tyks, vsshp hoitotieteen laitos, Department of Nursing Science 2607400 |
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Jónsdóttir Katrín Gunnarsdottir Karitas Salanterä Sanna Brynjolfsdottir Berglind Laitonen Elina Parisod Heidi Pakarinen Anni Sigurdardottir Anna Olafia Ingadottir Brynja Nyman Johanna Stefansdottir Adalheidur |
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Jónsdóttir Katrín Gunnarsdottir Karitas Salanterä Sanna Brynjolfsdottir Berglind Laitonen Elina Parisod Heidi Pakarinen Anni Sigurdardottir Anna Olafia Ingadottir Brynja Nyman Johanna Stefansdottir Adalheidur Developing a Health Game to Prepare Preschool Children for Anesthesia: Formative Study Using a Child-Centered Approach |
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Jónsdóttir Katrín Gunnarsdottir Karitas Salanterä Sanna Brynjolfsdottir Berglind Laitonen Elina Parisod Heidi Pakarinen Anni Sigurdardottir Anna Olafia Ingadottir Brynja Nyman Johanna Stefansdottir Adalheidur |
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Developing a Health Game to Prepare Preschool Children for Anesthesia: Formative Study Using a Child-Centered Approach |
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Developing a Health Game to Prepare Preschool Children for Anesthesia: Formative Study Using a Child-Centered Approach |
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Developing a Health Game to Prepare Preschool Children for Anesthesia: Formative Study Using a Child-Centered Approach |
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Developing a Health Game to Prepare Preschool Children for Anesthesia: Formative Study Using a Child-Centered Approach |
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Developing a Health Game to Prepare Preschool Children for Anesthesia: Formative Study Using a Child-Centered Approach |
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developing a health game to prepare preschool children for anesthesia: formative study using a child-centered approach |
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