在8-18岁的癌症儿童中开发和测试视频游戏干预措施以治疗症状:一项研究协议
Sehrish Sajjad1, Raisa B Gul2, Saleem Sayani3
1School of Nursing and Midwifery, The Aga Khan University, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan sehrish.sajjad@aku.edu.
BMJ paediatrics open
|October 16, 2024
概括
这项研究开发了一款视频游戏,以改善与健康有关的生活质量,并管理巴基斯坦癌症儿童的症状. 视频游戏干预在试点试验中显示出前景,表明了儿童瘤学数字健康解决方案的潜力.
科学领域:
- 儿科瘤学 儿科瘤学
- 数字健康干预措施 数字健康干预措施
- 与健康相关的生活质量
背景情况:
- 数字健康干预措施 (DHIs) 显示出在8-18岁儿童中管理癌症治疗症状和改善与健康相关的生活质量 (HRQOL) 的潜力.
- 对于像巴基斯坦这样的中低收入国家儿童癌症患者的数字化介导健康干预措施的研究有限.
- 这项研究解决了巴基斯坦需要可访问和引人入胜的DHI的需求.
研究的目的:
- 为巴基斯坦的癌症儿童开发视频游戏干预措施.
- 测试视频游戏在改善HRQOL和管理癌症治疗相关症状方面的临床疗效.
- 评估视频游戏干预的可行性,包括可接受性,适当性,成本和真实性.
主要方法:
- 采用了一种探索性的顺序混合方法设计.
- 第1阶段,采访了14个儿童-家长对象,以了解症状体验和对视频游戏开发的偏好.
- 第二阶段专注于与临床和数字专家一起开发视频游戏.
- 第三阶段是一个试点随机对照试验,将视频游戏干预组与注意力控制组 (WhatsApp消息) 进行8周的比较.
主要成果:
- 视频游戏干预组将对干预前后的初级结果 (HRQOL) 和二次结果 (症状频率和痛苦) 进行评估.
- 可行性结果将通过问卷,视频游戏仪表板,访谈和重点小组来评估.
- 数据收集和分析正在进行中.
结论:
- 该研究旨在提供证据,证明巴基斯坦儿童癌症患者的新视频游戏干预措施的有效性和可行性.
- 研究结果将为DHIs的开发和实施提供信息,以改善类似环境中的癌症护理.
- 成功实施可以提高全球癌症儿童的HRQOL和症状管理.
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