HabitApp: New Play Technologies in Pediatric Cancer to Improve the Psychosocial State of Patients and Caregivers.

ABSTRACT: Childhood cancer involves long periods of hospitalization that trigger emotions such as fear or sadness. Previous research has studied the positive effects of technology games on improving the hospitalization experience, but most do not focus on caregivers and none allow interaction with the real time observation of a zoo. The present study evaluates the impact of HabitApp and assesses the short-term impact on the psychosocial state of patients and caregivers in order to improve the hospitalization experience. The participants in this study were 39 patients plus 39 caregivers. A quantitative analysis revealed a significant improvement in patient's and caregiver's psychosocial factors from the pre-play period to 10 min play time, and a significant interaction effect between the psychologica

SUBMITTER: Carrion-Plaza A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7020696 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature