HapHop-Physio: a computer game to support cognitive therapies in children

Rico-Olarte, Carolina; López, Diego M.; Narváez, Santiago; Farinango, Charic D; Pharow, Peter

doi:10.2147/prbm.s130998

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“…SGH developers increasingly use approaches inspired by Agile project management methods with SCRUM [31,39,80]. Agile is highly suited for complex projects where it is difficult to make a comprehensive implementation plan, and where many changes are expected along the way.…”

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confidence: 99%

Developing Theory-Driven, Evidence-Based Serious Games for Health: Framework Based on Research Community Insights

Verschueren¹,

Buffel²,

Stichele³

2019

JMIR Serious Games

110

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Background The idea of using serious games to effectuate better outcomes in health care has gained significant traction among a growing community of researchers, developers, and health care professionals. Many now recognize the importance of creating evidence-based games that are purposefully designed to address physical and mental health challenges faced by end users. To date, no regulatory resources have been established to guide the development of serious games for health (SGH). Developers must therefore look elsewhere for guidance. Although a more robust level of evidence exists in the research literature, it is neither structured nor is there any clear consensus. Developers currently use a variety of approaches and methodologies. The establishment of a well-defined framework that represents the consensus views of the SGH research community would help developers improve the efficiency of internal development processes, as well as chances of success. A consensus framework would also enhance the credibility of SGH and help provide quality evidence of their effectiveness. Objective This research aimed to (1) identify and evaluate the requirements, recommendations, and guidelines proposed by the SGH community in the research literature, and; (2) develop a consensus framework to guide developers, designers, researchers, and health care professionals in the development of evidence-based SGH. Methods A critical review of the literature was performed in October to November 2018. A 3-step search strategy and a predefined set of inclusion criteria were used to identify relevant articles in PubMed, ScienceDirect, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Xplore, CiteSeerX, and Google Scholar. A supplemental search of publications from regulatory authorities was conducted to capture their specific requirements. Three researchers independently evaluated the identified articles. The evidence was coded and categorized for analysis. Results This review identified 5 categories of high-level requirements and 20 low-level requirements suggested by the SGH community. These advocate a methodological approach that is multidisciplinary, iterative, and participatory. On the basis of the requirements identified, we propose a framework for developing theory-driven, evidence-based SGH. It comprises 5 stages that are informed by various stakeholders. It focuses on building strong scientific and design foundations that guide the creative and technical development. It includes quantitative trials to evaluate whether the SGH achieve the intended outcomes, as well as efforts to disseminate trial findings and follow-up monitoring after the SGH are rolled out for use. Conclusions This review resulted in the formulation of a framework for developing theory-driven, evidence-based SGH that represents many of the requirements set out by SGH stakeholders in the literature. It covers all aspects of the development process (scientific, technological, and design) and is transparently described in sufficient detail to allow SGH stakeholders to implement it in a wide variety of projects, irrespective of discipline, health care segments, or focus.

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Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Developing Theory-Driven, Evidence-Based Serious Games for Health: Framework Based on Research Community Insights

Verschueren¹,

Buffel²,

Stichele³

2019

JMIR Serious Games

110

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“…Based on the bibliometric results, disability and rehabilitation are also among the most used author keywords. The high use of "rehabilitation" as a keyword can be linked to the many articles published in the rehabilitation domain (Afyouni et al, 2017;Bonnechere et al, 2014;Hossain et al, 2016;Hossain et al, 2018;Martín-Ruiz et al, 2016;Ocampo & Tavakoli, 2019;Rico-Olarte et al, 2017;van der Kuil et al, 2018). Based on the citation and co-citation analyses, Lyytinen, Ronimus, Gee, and Prensky were the most cited authors.…”

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Bibliometric and Content Analysis of Research Trends on the Use of Serious Games to Assist People with Disabilities

Kara

2021

Journal of Computer and Education Research

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The aim of this study was to indicate bibliometric results of articles on the use of serious games to assist people with disabilities and to use content analysis to conduct a methodological review of articles over the last seven years. For the bibliometric analysis, a total of 343 articles from the Web of Science database were included. For the content analysis, a total of 52 articles published between 2014 and 2020 were selected. The bibliometric results showed that serious games, disability, and rehabilitation were the most used author keywords. USA was the most cited country followed by European countries, namely England, Netherlands and Spain. Based on the content analysis results, "education" was the most commonly used field in the articles reviewed in this study. Computer games were the most commonly researched game platform. Intellectual disability was the most common kind of disability investigated. The main contribution of this study is to reveal research trends in the use of serious games to assist people with disabilities by utilizing the diversity of applied analyses.

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“…Specifically, it trains the auditory and visual components for learning abilities and the training of reading and writing processes. It has an electronic mat as an input device that induces physical activity when the child interacts with it [4]. In this experiment, HapHop-Physio was used to train and evaluate the children's learning abilities.…”

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“…The system supports the rehabilitation therapies of children with learning disorders, focusing on memory and attention functions. Further details of HapHop-Physio are available in [4].…”

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Towards Classifying Cognitive Performance by Sensing Electrodermal Activity in Children With Specific Learning Disorders

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When children suffer from cognitive disorders, school performance and social environment are affected. Measuring changes in cognitive progress is essential for assessing the clinical follow-up of the patient's cognitive abilities. This process is considered as a challenge in ambulatory settings, where follow-ups should be non-invasive and continuous. Psychophysiological measures are an objective and unobtrusive evaluation alternative for recognizing cognitive changes. This paper aims to validate the relationship between cognition and the changes in physiological signals of children suffering from Specific Learning Disorders (SLD). This validation was carried out in an eHealth rehabilitation context (with the HapHop-Physio game). Electrodermal activity (EDA) signals were collected, processed, and analyzed through a machine learning approach. Obtained results were: a dataset built from wearable physiological data and a supervised classification model. The classification model can identify the children's cognitive performance (class) from the features of the tonic component of the EDA signal (attributes) with an accuracy of 79.95%. The presented results evidence that psychophysiological measures could allow for a highly objective follow-up for patients. They can also lead to creating a basis for further improvement of rehabilitation environments and developing neurofeedback applications.

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HapHop-Physio: a computer game to support cognitive therapies in children

Cited by 14 publications

References 12 publications

Developing Theory-Driven, Evidence-Based Serious Games for Health: Framework Based on Research Community Insights

Developing Theory-Driven, Evidence-Based Serious Games for Health: Framework Based on Research Community Insights

Bibliometric and Content Analysis of Research Trends on the Use of Serious Games to Assist People with Disabilities

Towards Classifying Cognitive Performance by Sensing Electrodermal Activity in Children With Specific Learning Disorders

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