INTERACCT: Remote data entry system with game-elements for young leukaemia patients

Abstract

INTERACCT is a multidisciplinary research project, where a communication tool in form of a serious video game was implemented. Target group are young and adolescent patients which suffered leukaemia or similar diseases that indicate a stem cell transplantation as therapy. After the transplantation, patients are required to stay at home for 12-24 months and report their health status to their after-care medical team. To ease this reporting process, INTERACCT was conceptualized and a prototype was implemented. Through smartphones, tablets or desktop PCs the patients report their data to the medical team, which accesses this data through a newly developed web-system. The system is highly adaptable and customizable, and can be further extended using state-of-the-art technologies like Microsoft KINECT. This paper describes background information, the concept and finally the implementation of the prototype system.

Design strategies for the development of mHealth services in healthcare of adolescents with cancer

“…The key features that our research detected were the following: symptom tracker, pain-related symptom tracker, communication with medical staff, adherence to treatment, information provision, social support, and coping strategies. More specifically, in this review communication with medical staff seemed to be highly important as it was the most frequently applied feature with 18 articles confirming it (4,9,10,(12)(13)(14)17,18,20,21,(25)(26)(27)(28)(29)36,39,40). Subsequently, also 17 studies included the feature of adherence to treatment (7,10-12,14-17,19,24-26,29,36,37,39,40).…”

“…Subsequently, also 17 studies included the feature of adherence to treatment (7,10-12,14-17,19,24-26,29,36,37,39,40). In addition, the symptom tracker was referred to 14 more articles (4,6,7,9,10,13,15,19,21,25,27,29,36). Also, throughout literature there are more 14 studies encompassed the feature of information provision (4,7,9,10,12,18,21,(24)(25)(26)(27)29,36,40).…”

“…In addition, the symptom tracker was referred to 14 more articles (4,6,7,9,10,13,15,19,21,25,27,29,36). Also, throughout literature there are more 14 studies encompassed the feature of information provision (4,7,9,10,12,18,21,(24)(25)(26)(27)29,36,40). Furthermore, painrelated symptom tracker was the following used feature with 13 studies confirming it (2,7,10,(12)(13)(14)(15)(17)(18)(19)(20)25,28).…”

Interpreting Data of Serious Games for Health using Decision Support Systems

“…The project INTERACCT and its underlying design considerations are described in more detail in another paper provided by Kayali and other authors of this work [9]. In INTERACCT, a mobile app for young leukemia patients after receiving stem cell transplantation was developed.…”

“…Entered data is embedded into a serious game, the patients will progress faster and more successfully through the game, when they submit their data regularly. As a subproject of INTERACCT, a physiotherapy-game using a Microsoft Kinect2 was implemented [9]. A set of physiotherapy exercises can be done independently by the patient in front of a Kinect2, the generated data is stored and evaluated in the overall evaluation system of INTERACCT.…”