Gamified Blood Donors System Based on Intelligent Agents

Abstract

The population of the country of Kenya is drastically increasing thus causing the number of possible blood donors to rise. Despite this, the blood collected and stored in most blood banks is not enough to cater for the huge demand. The demand has been due to increase of number of accidents experienced in the country and the advancement in medical procedures which calls for organ transplant and blood transfusion. Even though systems have been developed which can connect the donors and recipients and location tracking, most people are dying because they don`t get this vital commodity in good time. The process of donating blood has not been enticing. There is nothing that prompts a person to donate blood. This call for developing a gamified blood donor management system based on intelligent agents so as to increase the number of donors and keep the system performance at optimal level. The project adopts Goal-Oriented Methodology in the system development process. Two agents are developed: donors’ agent and the blood admin agent. The intelligent agents help in profiles personalization thus improving the system performance. Gamification technique is implemented in the system so as to increase the traffic of blood donors interacting with the system and participating in the donation exercise. This increase the number of blood donors hence enough blood is collected to cater for the huge demand.

Optimizing the Blood Donation App with Gamification Using User-Centered Design

“…Overall, these findings provide strong evidence supporting the integration of gamification into public health initiatives such as blood donation applications. They demonstrate how effectively designed digital solutions can motivate positive health behaviors among younger generationscritical insights for future development in public health technology (Sardi et al, 2019;Mugi Karanja & Njoroge, 2021).…”

“…Gamification, including blood donors, is also recognized as a potential strategy to change behavior. By integrating the elements and techniques of game design into the blood donation process, gamification aims to improve motivation, engagement, and participation in donation activities (Sardi et al, 2019;Mugi Karanja & Njoroge, 2021). In addition, gamification can also deal with psychological factors that influence behavioral change.…”