Creating Gameful Design in mHealth: A Participatory Co-Design Approach.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Gameful designs (gamification), using design pieces and concepts typically found in the world of games, is a promising approach to increase users' engagement with, and adherence to, electronic health and mobile health (mHealth) tools. Even though both identifying and addressing users' requirements and needs are important steps of designing information technology tools, little is known about the users' requirements and preferences for gameful designs in the context of self-management of chronic conditions.

Objective

This study aimed to present findings as well as the applied methods and design activities from a series of participatory design workshops with patients with chronic conditions, organized to generate and explore user needs, preferences, and ideas to the

SUBMITTER: Jessen S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6315237 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature