A Study on the Effect of Gamification on Alleviation Anxiety Levels of the Elderly in China

Muroi, Fumie; Tao, Xinyi; Han, Ting

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-50249-2_24

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“…Applied games interventions are an emerging modality in the field of mental health promotion. By utilizing games originally developed for entertainment or games with an interventional purpose (e.g., serious games), numerous initiatives have reported positive outcomes in psychological well-being, depressive or anxiety disorders ( 8 , 9 ), social anxiety ( 10 , 11 ), disruptive behaviors ( 12 , 13 ), schizophrenia ( 14 ), ADHD ( 15 ), autism ( 16 ), or resilience enhancement ( 17 ).The rationale behind such interventions is that immersive, ludic, and challenging gamified environments can enhance treatment engagement, facilitate the learning of new behavioral repertoires, increase emotional awareness, and improve social skills ( 18 – 21 ). However, digital gamified solutions are often costly, difficult to adapt across different scenarios, population groups, or diseases ( 22 ).…”

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Framework proposal for Role-Playing Games as mental health intervention: the Critical Skills methodology

Otani,

Novaes,

Pedron

et al. 2024

Front. Psychiatry

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Gamified interventions are an emerging approach in mental health treatment and prevention. Their positive effects on managing various clinical conditions stem from enhancing social skills. However, cost-effective options like Table-top Role-Playing Games (TTRPGs), which offer similar benefits to other game-based interventions, lack standardized methods for ensuring replicability. In this regard, the method outlined in this study endeavors, in a structured and guided manner drawing from the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR), to establish a six-step protocol for developing an intervention method utilizing TTRPGs. In all Steps, we aim to anchor ourselves in robust literature concerning social skills training (SST), cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), and gamification comprehensively. Thus, the method presented encompasses the objectives of SST, the strategies of CBT, and the dynamics of gamification via TTRPGs. Furthermore, we demonstrate a possible application of the method to illustrate its feasibility. Ultimately, the final method is structured, evidence-based, easily applicable, cost-effective, and thus viable. Mental health professionals seeking a structured and instructional tool for protocol development will find support in the method proposed here.

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Framework proposal for Role-Playing Games as mental health intervention: the Critical Skills methodology

Otani,

Novaes,

Pedron

et al. 2024

Front. Psychiatry

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“…Compared with the methods and measures to combat anxiety in medicine, it is more economical, more common and more acceptable to prevent anxiety through entertainment [17,18]. The research findings of Muroi et al showed that electronic collage games for the elderly could effectively alleviate the anxiety state, and played an effective role in preventing anxiety disorders [19]. At the same time, the effect of outdoor recreational activities has also been mentioned, which can bring us great psychological benefits.…”

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The Preventive Effect of Outdoor Recreational Fishing on Anxiety Disorder

2023

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Background: Anxiety disorder, a severe global public health problem, has caused many adverse effects. Effectively preventing anxiety disorder is very important. This paper chose recreational fishing as an intervention measure to explore its effect on preventing anxiety disorder. Methods: The prevention effect of recreational fishing on anxiety disorder and the heterogeneity of this effect were analyzed through the ordinal logistic regression model. The robustness of the main results was tested through the multiple linear regression models. Results: “Fishing” significantly affected the anxiety level of residents. Compared with those who did not participate in outdoor recreational fishing, for those who participated there is a 3.494 decrease in the log odds of being in a higher severity of the anxiety level. With the increase in age, the negative effect of recreational fishing on anxiety levels was significantly lower. Conclusion: We focused on the preventive effect of outdoor recreational fishing on anxiety, contributing to add some evidence for non-medical measures to prevent anxiety disorder. Participation in outdoor recreational fishing has a significant prevention effect on anxiety disorder. Older people have less effect in preventing anxiety disorder by participating in fishing.

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A Study on the Effect of Gamification on Alleviation Anxiety Levels of the Elderly in China

Cited by 2 publications

References 13 publications

Framework proposal for Role-Playing Games as mental health intervention: the Critical Skills methodology

Framework proposal for Role-Playing Games as mental health intervention: the Critical Skills methodology

The Preventive Effect of Outdoor Recreational Fishing on Anxiety Disorder

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