Hospi adventure: an evidence based multidisciplinary developed serious game for children undergoing surgery
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2. An evidence based
multidisciplinary developed
serious game for children
undergoing surgery
Jo Vrancken
Liesbeth De Gryse
Frederik Smolders
Frederik De Clerck
Robin Gielis
Michiel Stoffels
Annemie Spooren
GFH17
4. Kick-off with a feasibility study
• Project approval by Flemish government
• Funding assigned in 2014-2015
“Can a serious game be an added value during the at home preparation of
parent and child for an elective surgical procedure?”
6. Feasibility study - approach
• Literature review about preparation of children
• Literature review about gaming
• Conferences and best practices (GFH was great!!)
• Stakeholders opinions
• Development of game design for prototype
7. Can a serious game at home be helpful?
We think yes because:
• Parents are involved (family centered)
• Information is correct and evidence based
• Information is delivered on the right moment
• Delivering information when procedure is scheduled and in lead-up to procedure
• Young children receiving information 5-7 days prior to surgery: less anxious
• Information is age appropriate
• iPad is easy to use
• Game should be fun
8. Game design - prototype
• Children 4 - 6 years old
• Elective surgical procedure
• General anesthesia
Scenario
Dialogues
Ideas about graphics, sounds, look and feel
Together with stakeholders
11. Funding has arrived!!
• Funding (one year) from Hasselt University for…
• Playable game version
• Evidence based and relevant information, sounds,…
• PXL and industry partners
• Jessa Hospital
• Game designer
• Game developer
• Sound actors
14. At home testings…
• 7 children and their families
• At home environment
• Focus on general impression
• Focus on ‘user performance’ (Markopoulos H. et al, 2008)
• ‘Free play’ (Barendregt W. et al., 2003)
• Observation
• Thinking aloud (Boren MT, Ramey J. 2000)
16. Approach…
• 13 boys, 9 girls
• Elementary school and primary school (Sint-Truiden)
• iPad and headphones
• Short introduction
• Start playing
• ‘General impression – FUN’
• ‘Graphical impression – look and feel’ (characters, scenery, sounds,…)
• ‘User performance - controls’
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18. Methods
• Observation
• Fun Toolkit (Read et al, 2002 and Markopoulos et al, 2008)
• Funometer
• Again-again table
• Fun sorter
• Small ‘interview’
• Questions about characters, gameplay,…
• Questions about “knowledge”
23. Study starting soon…
• RCT @Jessa Hospital
• Children 4-6 years for elective ORL surgery
• Intervention group: children playing HospiAvontuur and no
premedication
• Controle group: only premedication as preparation at the hospital
• Comparing anxiety levels before anesthesia induction
• Secondary outcomes: Emergence delirium, postoperative pain and negative
postoperative behavior