Gamification and Behavioral Change

Bamidis, Panagiotis D.; Gabarrón, Elia; Hors-Fraile, Santiago; Konstantinidis, Evdokimos I.; Konstantinidis, Stathis; Rivera, Oswaldo

doi:10.1016/b978-0-12-809269-9.00007-4

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“…By merging gamification, AMR and education, research findings can be translated into educational programs and games to promote awareness, change behaviours and establish better practices. 21 , 22 …”

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“…15–18 While AMR is lacking in curricula in general, efforts are being made to introduce AMR to existing curricula and develop new curricula that promote AMR awareness and education. 15 , 19–21 Gamification, the use of game elements in non-game activities to increase user engagement, 22 and serious games, games created to serve educational, training or informative objectives while maintaining engaging and immersive gameplay, 23 have emerged as a potential educational tool to educate professionals on various health topics. 16 , 24 Traditional lectures are a good source of information for many students and provide foundational knowledge, 25–27 and gamification has been proposed as a complementary tool owing to the variety of learning styles of students.…”

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Gamification as an educational tool to address antimicrobial resistance: a systematic review

Nowbuth,

Asombang,

Alaboud

et al. 2023

JAC-Antimicrobial Resistance

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Background Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) poses a serious threat to global healthcare, and inadequate education has been identified as a major challenge by the WHO. The human , animal and agricultural sectors contribute to the emergence of AMR. Gamification has emerged as an innovative tool to improve knowledge and change behaviours. Our study provides an overview of the literature on existing games in prescribers’ education across the One Health sectors, with a particular focus on the impact of gamification on learning. Methods Using the PRISMA guidelines, we searched Cochrane, PubMed, Scopus and Google Scholar for articles related to gamification for future prescribers of antimicrobials from inception until 28 March 2023. Retrieval and screening of articles was done using a structured search protocol with strict inclusion/exclusion criteria. Results A total of 120 articles were retrieved, of which 6 articles met the inclusion criteria for final analysis. High-income countries had the most studies, with one global study incorporating low- to middle-income countries. All games were evaluated in the human sector. Board and card games, featuring scoring and point systems, were the most prevalent game types. Most games focused on improving knowledge and prescribing behaviours of medical students, with bacteria or antibiotics as the only content. All studies highlighted the significant potential of gamification in mitigating AMR, promoting antimicrobial stewardship, and improving retention of information compared with conventional lectures. Conclusions Our review found an absence of studies in the animal and environmental sectors, disproportionately focused on medical students with questionable sample size, inadequate assessment of game content and effectiveness, and opportunities for game developers.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Gamification as an educational tool to address antimicrobial resistance: a systematic review

Nowbuth,

Asombang,

Alaboud

et al. 2023

JAC-Antimicrobial Resistance

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“…As exemplified, public health organizations from around the globe have integrated behavior change techniques in their social media campaigns, and in timely developed chatbots during the COVID-19 pandemic aiming at improving health literacy, increasing global health security and reducing health-related misinformation [21]. The use of gamification has also proven to be effective to educate individuals to prevent conditions [22,23], and also to improve their self-management skills [24], and therefore to play a key role in engaging citizens with their individual health and wellbeing.…”

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How Participatory Health Informatics Catalyzes One Digital Health

Denecke,

Romero,

Merolli

et al. 2023

Yearb Med Inform

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Objective: To identify links between Participatory Health Informatics (PHI) and the One Digital Health framework (ODH) and to show how PHI could be used as a catalyst or contributor to ODH. Methods: We have analyzed the addressed topics within the ODH framework in previous IMIA Yearbook contributions from our working group during the last 10 years. We have matched main themes with the ODH's framework three perspectives (individual health and wellbeing, population and society, and ecosystem). Results: PHI catalysts ODH individual health and wellbeing perspective by providing a more comprehensive view on human health, attitudes, and relations between human health and animal health. Integration of specific behavior change techniques or gamification strategies in digital solutions are effective to change behaviors which address the P5 paradigm. PHI supports the population and society perspective through the engagement of the various stakeholders in healthcare. At the same time, PHI might increase a risk for health inequities due to technologies inaccessible to all equally and challenges associated with this. PHI is a catalyst for the ecosystem perspective by contributing data into the digital health data ecosystem allowing for analysis of interrelations between the various data which in turn might provide links among all components of the healthcare ecosystem. Conclusion: Our results suggest that PHI can and will involve topics relating to ODH. As the ODH concept crystalizes and becomes increasingly influential, its themes will permeate and become embedded in PHI even more. We look forward to these developments and co-evolution of the two frameworks.

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“…One such development is the harmonious integration of hedonic and utilitarian information systems, resulting in the rise of "Gamification." [1], [2] This concept has swiftly established its significance in the areas of "motivation," "engagement," and "behavioural change" solutions [1], [3]- [6]. Utilitarian information systems (UIS) are productivityoriented, utility-centered tools primarily utilized by organizations for value creation [7].…”

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Gamification Equilibrium: The Fulcrum for Balanced Intrinsic Motivation and Extrinsic Rewards in Learning Systems

John,

Hussin,

Zaini

et al. 2023

IJSG

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In this study we developed a concept for balancing extrinsic rewards and intrinsic motivation in gamified learning systems through the laws of levers. Although empirical findings around gamification studies remain largely inconclusive, it is still the go-to place for many who seek to improve motivation and engagement. The phenomenon uses game design elements and game principles to create better user experience on a system or activity. With the widespread of gamification across and beyond IS, the field of education and learning is one that has embraced it solemnly. Nevertheless, there is little to no consensus amongst researchers as to how to effectively apply it, and benefit from it. As such, the concept is yet entrenched; although popular. Hence, along the concept development, this study set out to review the setbacks of gamification in recent times, primarily focusing on the current inconsistencies of empirical outcomes and how these challenges can be mitigated. We discovered that the overreliance of developers on narrow models is a culprit for failed gamification. Shallow gamification design which centres around the so-called “BPL gamification” is a source of failure, as it has become a copy-and-paste cliché, rather than a deliberate contextual design. Inordinate selection, and application of game elements to a system/activity is toppling gamification too. This was found to also create imbalances in both extrinsic and intrinsic motivation thereby leading to what is known as “Overjustification effect”, which is a big killer of gamification today.

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Gamification and Behavioral Change

Cited by 13 publications

References 30 publications

Gamification as an educational tool to address antimicrobial resistance: a systematic review

Gamification as an educational tool to address antimicrobial resistance: a systematic review

How Participatory Health Informatics Catalyzes One Digital Health

Gamification Equilibrium: The Fulcrum for Balanced Intrinsic Motivation and Extrinsic Rewards in Learning Systems

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