The cognitive mobile games for older adults - a Chinese user experience study

Merilampi, Sari; Koivisto, Antti; Sirkka, Andrew; Raumonen, Pasi; Virkki, Johanna; Xu, Xu; Min, Yan; Yang, Lin; Chujun, Xiao; Chen, Jiani

doi:10.1109/segah.2017.7939280

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“…Thereafter, some initial tests in Chinese elderly care homes were performed. These results have also been encouraging, showing an interest in gaming and positive user experiences among the participants [15,16]. Based on the pilots performed in two different countries, two different service models were designed according to the implementation of the gaming trials.…”

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confidence: 89%

“…Thus, user experience includes all the users' emotions, beliefs, preferences, perceptions, physical and psychological responses, behaviours and accomplishments that occur before, during, and after use [31]. In both Finland [17] and China [15,16], the trials have indicated positive user experiences for the tested mobile memory games.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…One major target group of digital healthcare and welfare services are the elderly. Despite different user needs and expectations, if compared to regular mobile device users, older adults are interested in and capable of handling their devices and associated applications [14][15][16]. The aim of the study was to investigate and pilot an implementation process for mobile memory games, for use in elder care in Finland and China (the service design being the main viewpoint).…”

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Implementing Mobile Games into Care Services—Service Models for Finnish and Chinese Elderly Care

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The purpose of this paper was to create service models for cognitively stimulating mobile games and incorporate them into Finnish and Chinese elderly care. The implementation involved the use of two different mobile games as part of the everyday lives of older adults in care homes in Finland (3 months) and China (6 months). Although a large number of publications examine serious games in elderly care, there are rather few publications related to the practical implementation within the elderly care processes. In general, rehabilitation orientated games should incorporate entertainment (motivation) and relevant therapeutic content (rehabilitation) in order to be effective. Regardless of the game design, successful implementation of the games in elderly care is paramount to benefit the end user. In this paper, two mobile games were investigated as a case study. To investigate the therapeutic content of the games, the game outcomes (game scores and time stamps) were automatically recorded to facilitate analysis of the participant’s progress during the trial. To investigate motivation, user feedback was collected through observation of the game trials and by interviewing the nursing staff and the participants (test group). The gaming service implementation was designed in collaboration with the nursing staff and researchers, according to an experimentation-driven approach, in which the service model ideas were tested by the professionals before piloting. In both countries, the players and the nursing staff found the games showed potential as self-managed rehabilitation tools. Other significant effects of gameplay were enhanced recreation and self-managed activity level. Despite cultural differences, the gaming experience was amazingly similar and improvements in game scores were also observed during the trial in both countries. The biggest difference between the pilots was the implementation process, which led to the development of two different service models that are reported in this paper. In Finland, the games were embedded into the care practices and the nursing staff were responsible for the piloting. In China, the games were independent of the care process and an external service provider (the researcher) managed the piloting. The findings imply that service design in different cultures should be carefully considered when implementing new digital services.

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“…The more adaptive and scalable the better. The following case studies are developed following the DfS principles (Díaz‐Bossini & Moreno, ; Finn, Sirkka, Merilampi, Leino, & Koivisto, ; Koivisto et al ., , ; Merilampi et al ., ; Merilampi, Koivisto, et al ., ; Sirkka & Koivisto, ; Sirkka, Merilampi, & Leino, ).…”

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Designing serious games for special user groups—design for somebody approach

Merilampi¹,

Koivisto²,

Sirkka³

2018

Brit J Educational Tech

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This paper presents the Design for Somebody (DfS) philosophy targeted to iterative, user‐oriented development of solutions for special user groups. In this article, the DfS is discussed using a game development context. The paper gives concrete examples how the DfS can be used in developing motivating serious games. The paper presents three games which can be adjusted according to the user's abilities. The aim is to generate personalized means to enable and motivate physical, cognitive and social skill development. The development process of the three games is described in order to clarify the DfS approach and the features which are of key importance in game development for special user groups. Authentic user experiences are also presented and discussed. The user experiences and the suitability of the games were investigated through interviews and observations in game test events. The main findings in general indicated the usefulness of the DfS principles and the great interest and positive experiences in special user groups. The findings encourage further research and development of serious games for these target groups.

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“…Por exemplo, a experiência de fluxo utilizando o exergame iStopFalls foi avaliada por 95 participantes (65 a 92 anos) [9] e a experiência de 6 usuários idosos (média de 82 anos) foi avaliada utilizando jogos para reabilitação de memória [13]. Assim, percebe-se a necessidade de mais estudos que proponham estratégias para melhoria da experiência do jogador idoso, extrapolando o foco na avaliação da experiência.…”

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Estratégias para melhorar a experiência de jogo do jogador idoso

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2017

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Resumo: Os idosos, uma parcela da população que tem aumentado no decorrer dos anos, estão apresentando interesse crescente por jogos digitais. Entretanto, quase não existem jogos desenvolvidos para esse público. Este trabalho baseia-se na experiência de fluxo como fator significativo a ser considerado na criação de jogos dirigidosà terceira idade. Dessa forma, o objetivoé propor estratégias para melhorar a experiência do jogador idoso. Para cumprir o objetivo foi analisada a experiência de dois grupos de idosos durante a utilização de jogos digitais por meio de diários, entrevistas, observações e questionários, baseando a metodologia na abordagem de estudo de caso e usando a teoria fundamentada e técnicas estatísticas para as análises. Os resultados indicaram que a experiência de fluxoé importante para os jogadores idosos e permitiram identificar dois novos elementos considerados significativos, além de confirmar a importância da Teoria da Diversão para este público. As principais contribuições são possibilitar a criação de jogos voltados para a terceira idade capazes de aumentar qualitativamente e quantitativamente experiências como a diversão e o envolvimento, e permitir-lhes o contato com uma opção de lazer, aprendizado e de aproximação com a tecnologia.Palavras-chave: Experiência de fluxo. Fluxo. Idosos. Jogos digitais. Terceira idade. Abstract:The elderly, which is a group of people that has been worldwide growing over the years, have been showing interest in digital games, though there are hardly any games developed for them. This work is based on the flow of experience as a significant factor to be considered in creating games aimed at them. Thus, the goal is to propose strategies for enhancing the experience of the old player. In order to fulfill this objective we analyzed the experience of two groups of elderly people when using digital games, through diaries, interviews, observations and questionnaires, based on the case study methodology and by using grounded theory and statistical analysis. The results indicated that the flow experience is important for the older players, elicited two newly significant elements and found the importance of Fun Theory for this audience. The main contributions are to enable the design of games focused on old people and able to increase qualitatively and quantitatively experiences like fun and involvement, besides being an option for leisure, learning and promoting the use of technology.

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The cognitive mobile games for older adults - a Chinese user experience study

Cited by 22 publications

References 19 publications

Implementing Mobile Games into Care Services—Service Models for Finnish and Chinese Elderly Care

Implementing Mobile Games into Care Services—Service Models for Finnish and Chinese Elderly Care

Designing serious games for special user groups—design for somebody approach

Estratégias para melhorar a experiência de jogo do jogador idoso

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