Video Games as Nursing Interventions

Pater, Paul; Shattell, Mona; Kagan, Paula N.

doi:10.3109/01612840.2014.978961

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“…The findings of this study support the view of Pater et al . () that gaming may be a valid intervention for people with mental health problems. The potential for integration with existing psychology group work was voiced by both service user and provider participants.…”

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StreetWise: developing a serious game to support forensic mental health service users' preparation for discharge: a feasibility study

Reynolds

Davies

Mann

et al. 2016

Psychiatric Ment Health Nurs

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Introduction Assessment of users' skills and confidence to safely respond to risky community-based situations underpins discharge planning. Serious games have been used for skills development, and this study trialled their use in forensic mental health services. Aim The aim was to develop and test the acceptability and usability of an innovative serious game to support forensic mental health service users' preparation for discharge. Method A prototype serious game was developed by service users and researchers. Acceptability and usability testing was undertaken and service providers interviewed about the acceptability of serious gaming for forensic mental health services. Result A prototype game was produced and successfully trialled by service users. However, both service users and providers identified that work needed to be done to develop and test a game with greater complexity. Discussion The acceptability and usability of using serious games to support service users to develop skills needed for successful discharge was demonstrated. Implications for practice Mental health practitioners may use gaming to support their practice and work innovatively with other professions such as game developers to create new ways of working in forensic mental health services.

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confidence: 99%

StreetWise: developing a serious game to support forensic mental health service users' preparation for discharge: a feasibility study

Reynolds

Davies

Mann

et al. 2016

Psychiatric Ment Health Nurs

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“…In addition to uses in education, video games have been used in other professions including military training (Chatham, 2007), health care (Kato, 2010), women’s health care (de Wit-Zuurendonk & Oei, 2011), and nursing (Pater, Shattell, & Kagan, 2015). In the helping professions, there is an emergence of literature exploring the use of video games in counseling and psychotherapy (Barak & Grohol, 2011; Ceranoglu, 2010; Griffiths, 2003; Horne-Moyer, Moyer, Messer, & Messer, 2014).…”

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confidence: 99%

Gamers and Video Game Culture

Cade

Gates

2016

The Family Journal

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Gamers are a growing population and video game culture remains unfamiliar to the majority of counselors. Little scholarship exits that would aid counselors in gaining awareness and knowledge about gamers and video game culture. Such information has implications for counselors to better meet the needs of gamers, their partners, and families seeking counseling. The authors discuss elements of gaming culture including a brief history, population characteristics, terminology, healthy and unhealthy gaming, and implications for counselors.

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“…For example, there is a growing interest by the medical profession in studying how games and simulations are used in medical interventions. 1,5,6 This interest has experienced phenomenal growth in popularity, leading to conferences and scholarly journals (such as this one) focused specifically on games for health. As such, many researchers have documented the impact of videogames in motivating patients and even in improving specific health outcomes, even specifying use of videogame therapy.…”

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Examining Enjoyment of Casual Videogames

Shafer

Carbonara

2015

Games for Health Journal

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The psychological theory of play and the mental models perspective offer firm theoretical grounds for understanding how enjoyment is wrought in the process of playing casual games. The relationships among interactivity, spatial presence, perceived reality, and enjoyment hold for games played on handheld or console devices. Furthermore, this study is one of the first to demonstrate these relationships and test them simultaneously, breaking new ground in research on game enjoyment.

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Video Games as Nursing Interventions

Cited by 6 publications

References 21 publications

StreetWise: developing a serious game to support forensic mental health service users' preparation for discharge: a feasibility study

StreetWise: developing a serious game to support forensic mental health service users' preparation for discharge: a feasibility study

Gamers and Video Game Culture

Examining Enjoyment of Casual Videogames

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