A Digital Game on Promoting Family Well-being

Family Clinical Trial

Official title: SMART Family-Link Project: A Digital Game on Promoting Family Well-being

Status Recruiting

Clinical Trial Summary

Advances in information communication technologies (ICT) allow for ICT-assisted health promotion to become more common. Integrating ICT in health promotion has been suggested to offer many advantages compared to traditional approaches to promote family well-being. Research has also shown the positive effects of game-based approaches in enhancing health promotion interventions, especially with children. We will develop and assess a digital family game with theme-based mini-games to enhance family communication and well-being.

Clinical Trial Description

With growing emphasis on the development and maintenance of healthy lifestyles, the family role has increasing importance. A family-based health promotion strategy can be instrumental in helping disseminate and reinforce knowledge and behaviours on family well-being and better equip families to protect themselves and promote family well-being amidst the pandemic.

This study aims to use a game-based approach to enhance knowledge and behaviours on family well-being. We will conduct quantitative and qualitative evaluation. The findings would provide preliminary evidence of the feasibility and effectiveness of such an approach in a family-based context. It would also guide the direction for future health education and awareness trials and related projects and campaigns for health promotion efforts and to help improve family well-being in the Hong Kong community and elsewhere. ;

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Family

• NCT number: NCT04550065
• Study type: Interventional
• Source: The University of Hong Kong
• Contact: Agnes Y Lai, PhD
• Phone: 39176779
• Email: agneslai@hku.hk
• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: September 1, 2020
• Completion date: December 2022