A Digital Game on Promoting Family Well-being

The University of Hong Kong (HKU)

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Family

Treatments: Behavioral: Digital game

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04550065

UW 20-353

Details and patient eligibility

About

Advances in information communication technologies (ICT) allow for ICT-assisted health promotion to become more common. Integrating ICT in health promotion has been suggested to offer many advantages compared to traditional approaches to promote family well-being. Research has also shown the positive effects of game-based approaches in enhancing health promotion interventions, especially with children. We will develop and assess a digital family game with theme-based mini-games to enhance family communication and well-being.

Full description

With growing emphasis on the development and maintenance of healthy lifestyles, the family role has increasing importance. A family-based health promotion strategy can be instrumental in helping disseminate and reinforce knowledge and behaviours on family well-being and better equip families to protect themselves and promote family well-being amidst the pandemic.

This study aims to use a game-based approach to enhance knowledge and behaviours on family well-being. We will conduct quantitative and qualitative evaluation. The findings would provide preliminary evidence of the feasibility and effectiveness of such an approach in a family-based context. It would also guide the direction for future health education and awareness trials and related projects and campaigns for health promotion efforts and to help improve family well-being in the Hong Kong community and elsewhere.

Enrollment: 100 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 100 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Chinese-speaking;
• Individuals aged 18 years and above;
• Able to understand and play the game.

Exclusion criteria

• Individuals who cannot meet the inclusion criteria.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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100 participants in 1 patient group

Intervention arm

Experimental group

Description:

Digital game

Treatment:

Behavioral: Digital game