Liliana Costa
Games for active ageing, wellbeing and quality of life: A pilot study
Costa, Liliana; Veloso, Ana; Loizou, Michael; Arnab, Sylvester
Authors
Ana Veloso
Dr Michael Loizou Michael2.Loizou@uwe.ac.uk
Wallscourt Associate Professor in Health Technology and Life Sciences
Sylvester Arnab
Abstract
The goal of this study is to identify a set of psychosocial variables and design domains important for game designers to encourage active ageing, well-being and quality of life. Sixty adult learners at four universities of third age were randomly assigned to three groups: the experimental group (G1), who tested firstly a game-based learning platform (GBLP) and then a computer-assisted platform (CAP); the comparison group (G2), who tested firstly the CAP and then the GBLP and the control group (G3) that did not take part in the intervention. Participants were assessed on their health-related well-being and quality of life, using the SF36v2 and WHOQOL-BREF scales before and after each experiment. Findings suggest that there were differences between the group type and their perception on mental health (F(2,57) = 3.771, p =.029) and general health-related well-being (F(2,57) = 5.231, p =.008), in which the GBLP showed improvements relative to the CAP. The environment and mental health were some of the psychosocial domains that should be considered, whereas storytelling, context-aware challenges, game space, immediate feedback, role-playing and social engagement were relevant design domains for these games.
Citation
Costa, L., Veloso, A., Loizou, M., & Arnab, S. (2018). Games for active ageing, wellbeing and quality of life: A pilot study. Behaviour and Information Technology, 37(8), 842-854. https://doi.org/10.1080/0144929X.2018.1485744
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Jun 3, 2018 |
Online Publication Date | Jun 18, 2018 |
Publication Date | Aug 3, 2018 |
Deposit Date | Jan 4, 2022 |
Publicly Available Date | Jan 5, 2022 |
Journal | Behaviour and Information Technology |
Print ISSN | 0144-929X |
Electronic ISSN | 1362-3001 |
Publisher | Taylor & Francis |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 37 |
Issue | 8 |
Pages | 842-854 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1080/0144929X.2018.1485744 |
Keywords | Games, Ageing, Well-being, Quality of life, Pilot study |
Public URL | https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/8522647 |
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This is an Accepted Manuscript version of the following article, accepted for publication in Behaviour and Information Technology.[Costa, L., Veloso, A., Loizou, M., & Arnab, S. (2018). Games for active ageing, wellbeing and quality of life: A pilot study. Behaviour and Information Technology, 37(8), 842--854. https://doi.org/10.1080/0144929X.2018.1485744.
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