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

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04550065
• Other study ID #: UW 20-353
• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: September 1, 2020
• Est. completion date: December 2022

Study information

• Verified date: November 2021
• Source: The University of Hong Kong
• Contact: Agnes Y Lai, PhD
• Phone: 39176779
• Email: agneslai[@]hku.hk
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

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.

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.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 100
• Est. completion date: December 2022
• Est. primary completion date: December 2022
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 100 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Chinese-speaking;

• Individuals aged 18 years and above;

• Able to understand and play the game.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Individuals who cannot meet the inclusion criteria.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Family

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Digital game
A digital family game with theme-based mini games (epidemic prevention, exercise, diet, communication and parenting)

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Hong Kong	Hong Kong community	Hong Kong

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
The University of Hong Kong

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Hong Kong, 

References & Publications (3)

Ameryoun A, Sanaeinasab H, Saffari M, Koenig HG. Impact of Game-Based Health Promotion Programs on Body Mass Index in Overweight/Obese Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials. Child Obes. 2018 Feb/Mar;14(2):67-80. doi: 10.1089/chi.2017.0250. Epub 2017 Nov 29. — View Citation

Chagas CMDS, Pontes E Silva TB, Reffatti LM, Botelho RBA, Toral N. Rango Cards, a digital game designed to promote a healthy diet: a randomized study protocol. BMC Public Health. 2018 Jul 24;18(1):910. doi: 10.1186/s12889-018-5848-0. — View Citation

Edwards EA, Lumsden J, Rivas C, Steed L, Edwards LA, Thiyagarajan A, Sohanpal R, Caton H, Griffiths CJ, Munafò MR, Taylor S, Walton RT. Gamification for health promotion: systematic review of behaviour change techniques in smartphone apps. BMJ Open. 2016 Oct 4;6(10):e012447. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-012447. Review. — View Citation

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Perceived improved family well-being	Change assessed by a validated one-item Family Happiness scale (score from 0 to 10, higher scores indicate more family happiness).	Baseline and one month
Secondary	Perceived improved family communication	Change assessed by a one-item family communication scale (score from 0 to 10, higher scores indicate better family communication).	Baseline and one month
Secondary	Perceived improved family health	Change assessed by a one-item family health scale (score from 0 to 10, higher scores indicate better family health).	Baseline and one month
Secondary	Family well-being knowledge and behaviors	Change assessed by outcome-based questions (scores from 0 to 10, higher scores indicate better knowledge and behaviors)	Baseline and one month
Secondary	Practice of sharing family well-being knowledge	Assessed by outcome-based questions with categorical choices	One month