Gamification in Healthcare: Perspectives of Mental Health Service Users and Health Professionals

Hopia, Hanna; Raitio, Katja

doi:10.1080/01612840.2016.1233595

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“…Finally, previous research shows the importance of bringing all stakeholders together-those with lived experience of mental illness (service users), those who deliver the care (health professionals and service workers), and those who study the phenomena (mental health researchers)-allowing all stakeholders to have an active, unique contribution to the final end product (Ospina-Pinillos et al, 2018;LaMonica et al, 2019). Involving health professionals in the PD process is particularly crucial as while their endorsement is a large motivating factor in encouraging service users to use gamified mental health interventions, health professionals are time-poor and a subset further hold negative attitudes toward incorporating digital technologies into mental health practice (Hopia and Raitio, 2016;Hickie et al, 2019). Naturally, when incorporating applied games into mental health technologies, those who build and play games (game developers and players) should also be included in PD processes.…”

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Recommendations for Implementing Gamification for Mental Health and Wellbeing

Cheng

2020

Front. Psychol.

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Gamification is increasingly being proposed as a strategy to increase engagement for mental health and wellbeing technologies. However, its implementation has been criticized as atheoretical, particularly in relation to behavior change theory and game studies theories. Definitions of the term “gamification” vary, sometimes widely, between and within academic fields and the effectiveness of gamification is yet to be empirically established. Despite this, enthusiasm for developing gamified mental health technologies, such as interventions, continues to grow. There is a need to examine how best to implement gamification in mental health and wellbeing technologies in a way that takes quick production cycles into account while still emphasizing empirical investigation and building a rigorous evidence base. With reference to game studies and the medical (eHealth/mHealth) literature, this article interrogates gamification for mental health and wellbeing by examining core properties of the game form. It then explores how gamification can best be conceptualized and implemented for mental health and wellbeing goals from conceptualization through to iterative co-development and evaluation that accommodates software development schedules. Finally, it summarizes its conceptual analysis into recommendations for researchers and designers looking to do so. These recommendations are: (1) assess suitability, (2) implement to support, (3) assess acceptability, (4) evaluate impact, and (5) document comprehensively. These recommendations aim to encourage clear language, unified terminology, the application and evaluation of theory, comprehensive and constant documentation, and transparent evaluation of outcomes.

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Section: Iterative Design Through Participatory Design Methodsmentioning

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Recommendations for Implementing Gamification for Mental Health and Wellbeing

Cheng

2020

Front. Psychol.

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“…Participation in the second round interview was voluntary. The interviews were structured around themes based on earlier research 3,24 (see Table 2). All interviews were recorded.…”

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“…Hopia and Raitio 24 examined mental health service users' and health professionals' perceptions and experiences regarding the use of gamification in mental healthcare. In their study, service users felt that the most important factors promoting gamification were identifying the advantages of gaming and ensuring that the content of games was sufficiently meaningful.…”

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Mental health service users' and professionals' relationship with games and gaming

2018

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Background: Games and elements of gamification can be utilized in mental healthcare to provide customized interventions for the service users. However, very little evidence exists as to what kind of experiences service users and professionals have towards games and gaming, and what their perceptions of the phenomenon are. This sort of information is needed to help professionals put game-based interventions actively into practice in mental health services.

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“…There might be various reasons for this small number, such as the novelty of the subject, the prejudices of practitioners towards new working methods or a lack of suitable approaches and models for helping to implement digital games and game activities in health services. Hopia and Raitio [20] explored the perceptions and experiences of mental health service users and healthcare professionals regarding the use of gamification in mental healthcare. According to their findings, professionals were often suspicious of the idea of using games as a tool, and they did not see it as a "proper" way to work.…”

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Utilizing games in the co-production of mental health services

2020

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This study analyses the application of a co-production approach in utilizing digital games and game-related methods in mental health services. The goal is to offer a real-world experiment on co-production, focusing on mental health service users, active gamers and mental health practitioners who worked together in equal ways and valued each other’s unique contributions during the experiment. The implications of a co-production approach for applying digital games in the field of mental healthcare are somewhat limited and under-explored. In this case study, seven workshop sessions were held involving service users, gamers and professionals. Participants were interviewed concerning their experiences with the activities and content of the co-production workshops. Thematic analysis of the participants’ experiences and perceptions resulted in three main themes: 1) empowering participation; 2) cooperation on a level playing field; and 3) improving self-efficacy. The experiment showed that applying a co-production approach in utilizing digital games is worth implementing in mental health services, particularly when putting novel nursing approaches and procedures into practice. Overall, co-production turned out to be a beneficial approach to introduce and implement game activities into mental healthcare; therefore, it can be taken one step further, meaning that service users’ experiences are truly valued, and they can play a crucial role in developing mental health services.

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Gamification in Healthcare: Perspectives of Mental Health Service Users and Health Professionals

Cited by 21 publications

References 39 publications

Recommendations for Implementing Gamification for Mental Health and Wellbeing

Recommendations for Implementing Gamification for Mental Health and Wellbeing

Mental health service users' and professionals' relationship with games and gaming

Utilizing games in the co-production of mental health services

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