Game experience preferences of people with chronic illnesses

To increase the adherence to eHealth and mHealth tools gameful designs are becoming commonplace, and to be successful, these designs need to both be suitable for and meet the needs and expectations of its users. As a group, people living with chronic illnesses has challenges not experienced by the general population. This study presents early findings from an activity in a co-design workshop, done with three different groups of chronic patients, investigating what games the participants like or dislike and what they find engaging and motivating when playing these.

为了提高对电子健康和移动健康工具的依从性，游戏化设计正变得越来越普遍，而且要想取得成功，这些设计需要既适合用户，又能满足用户的需求和期望。作为一个群体，慢性病患者面临着普通人群没有经历过的挑战。这项研究展示了在一个协同设计工作坊中的一项活动的早期发现，该活动是与三组不同的慢性病患者一起进行的，旨在调查参与者喜欢或不喜欢哪些游戏，以及他们在玩这些游戏时发现哪些元素具有吸引力和激励性。