Assessing seniors' user experience (UX) of exergames for balance training

Nawaz, Ather; Skjæret, Nina; Ystmark, Kristine Midjås; Helbostad, Jorunn L.; Vereijken, Beatrix; Svanæs, Dag

doi:10.1145/2639189.2639235

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“…In the recent review of studies investigating usability and acceptance of exergames by older adults, some studies included interviews to gather in-depth acceptance information, but many of these studies were focused on special populations such as stroke victims and war veterans [30][31][32] . Additional studies have used interviews, but have focused more on assessing attitudes towards specific exergames as opposed to evaluating more general reasons for long-term adoption of exergame systems as whole 33 . Information such as the reasons underlying PEOU, PU, and intentions to use exergame systems through both standard measures and in-depth interviews could provide insights into how older adults perceive these games, which can then inform how to facilitate their adoption of exergames.…”

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Understanding older adults’ perceptions of and attitudes towards exergames

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Purpose-Maintaining physical activity is a key component of successful aging and has benefits for both physical and cognitive functioning in the older adult population. One promising method for engaging in physical activity is through exergames, which are video games designed to promote exercise. Exergames have the potential to be used by a wide range of people, including older adults, in a variety of settings, such as at home, in community living environments, or senior centers. However, exergames have not been designed for older adults (e.g., with respect to their attitudes, needs). Thus, older adults may not adopt these systems if they perceive them as not useful or relevant to them. Method-Twenty older adults (aged 60-79) interacted with two exergames, and were then interviewed about their perceptions of the system's ease of use and usefulness, as well as their general attitudes towards the system. Results-Participants identified the potential for exergames' usefulness for various goals, such as to increase their physical activity. However, they also reported negative attitudes concerning the system, including perceiving barriers to system use. Overall, participants said they would use the system in the future and recommend it to other people at their age for improving health, despite these use challenges. Conclusion-The older adults were open to adopting exergames, which could provide opportunities to increase physical activity. Given the participants' overall positive perceptions of the usefulness of exergames, designers must address the perceived challenges of using these systems. Understanding barriers and facilitators for older adults' use of exergames can guide design, training, and adoption of these systems.

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“…Moreover, in [ 61 ], the preferences, usability of the application, and the PX of 14 older adults were evaluated through three sets of physical exercise. They carried out the experience in a specially equipped room, and in the end, a semistructured interview was applied and where the results were evaluated with the SUS scale.…”

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Playability and Player Experience in Digital Games for Elderly: A Systematic Literature Review

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A higher number of people increasingly uses digital games. This growing interest in games, with different objectives, justifies the investigation of some aspects and concepts involved, such as product quality (game), usability, playability, and user or player experience, topics investigated by the multidisciplinary area called Human–Computer Interaction (HCI). Although the majority of users of these games are children and young people, an increasing number of older adults join technology and use different types of digital games. Several studies establish the increase in learning, socialization and exercise promotion, and cognitive and psychomotor skills improvement, all within the context of active and healthy aging. The objective of this work is to carry out a systematic literature review investigating the player experience of the elderly in digital games. The work allowed answering five research questions that were formulated. The evolution and maturity level of the research area are studied together with the research methods used. The factors that motivate adults to play were also analyzed; what are the recommended technical characteristics for games and some tools and metrics with which games are evaluated for older adults? Research gaps were detected in the area; there are not many specific studies on playability and player experience applied to the older adult, nor are there proven tools and metrics to evaluate them. Particular techniques for assessing and designing games focused on older adults are lacking, and quantitative studies that better identify the factors that affect the playability and experience of older adults in digital games.

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“…Wijnants, Van Erum, Quax, and Lamotte (2015) pointed out learning satisfaction as a major item to measure learning result; in addition to students, teachers, curricula, and learning environment were the factors in student satisfaction. Nawaz et al (2014) regarded learning satisfaction as students being "satisfied" by feeling happy or presenting positive attitudes towards learning activity and "dissatisfied" by feeling unhappy or negative attitudes. Bhagat, Liou, and Chang (2016) considered learning satisfaction as students' good perception or positive attitudes generated by favoring the course in the participation in learning activity.…”

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Effects of the Application of Computer Multimedia Teaching to Automobile Vocational Education on Students’ Learning Satisfaction and Learning Outcome

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Along with the change in computer technology, the application of multimedia assisted teaching to education and research plays a critical role with the popularity of computer technology and the diverse development. Multimedia assisted teaching materials could assist teachers in teaching as well as enhance students' autonomous learning that computer multimedia teaching has become an alternative teaching tool beyond traditional learning. With quasi-experimental study, 216 students in the automobile applied technology opened by a vocational college in Shanghai, are proceeded 16week (3 hours per week for total 48 hours) experimental teaching. The research results show positive relations between 1.virtual reality technology and learning satisfaction, 2.virtual reality technology and learning outcome, and 3.learning satisfaction and learning outcome. According to the results, suggestions are proposed, expecting to provide automobile vocational education students with the situation close to real life acquiring required skills, knowledge, or behavior through learning processes to cultivate the automobile service talents with comprehensive technology.

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Assessing seniors' user experience (UX) of exergames for balance training

Cited by 26 publications

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Understanding older adults’ perceptions of and attitudes towards exergames

Understanding older adults’ perceptions of and attitudes towards exergames

Playability and Player Experience in Digital Games for Elderly: A Systematic Literature Review

Effects of the Application of Computer Multimedia Teaching to Automobile Vocational Education on Students’ Learning Satisfaction and Learning Outcome

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