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A Vision Utilizing Gamification to Enhance Patients' with Chronic Shoulder Diseases Adherence to Rehabilitation
Bianca Steiner1, Klaus-Hendrik Wolf2
1Peter L. Reichertz Institute for Medical Informatics of TU Braunschweig and Hannover Medical School, Braunschweig, Germany.
Studies in Health Technology and Informatics
|July 27, 2019
Abstract:
Although adherence is a key factor for successful treatment of chronic diseases, only about 50% of patients achieve good adherence. However, health enabling technologies and gamification offer new possibilities to enhance patient's motivation. In physical rehabilitation, various applications exist. As these often stress a specific part of the rehabilitation process, we introduce a six-step new holistic approach to apply game design elements in the entire rehabilitation process, while focusing on patients with musculoskeletal diseases of the shoulder.