A Serious Game on the First-Aid Procedure in Choking Scenarios: Design and Evaluation Study
Background: Choking is one of the causes of unintentional injury death. Gaining the knowledge of the first-aid procedure that has to be applied in case of choking can increase the chances of survival of persons with choking. Serious games can be a good channel for educating people about choking scen...
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| Fecha de publicación: | 2020 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya) |
| Repositorio: | Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya |
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| Palabra clave: | Primers auxilis -- Jocs per ordinador First aid in illness and injury -- Computer games Asfíxia -- Jocs per ordinador Asphyxia -- Computer games Jocs per ordinador -- Disseny Computer games -- Design |
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| author | Boada, Imma |
| author2 | Rodríguez Benítez, Antonio Thió i Fernández de Henestrosa, Santiago Soler i Masó, Josep |
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| author_browse | Boada, Imma Rodríguez Benítez, Antonio Soler i Masó, Josep Thió i Fernández de Henestrosa, Santiago |
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| description | Background: Choking is one of the causes of unintentional injury death. Gaining the knowledge of the first-aid procedure that has to be applied in case of choking can increase the chances of survival of persons with choking. Serious games can be a good channel for educating people about choking scenarios and the actions to be taken to save the persons with choking. Objective: The objective of this study is to present and evaluate the effectiveness of a serious game designed to prevent choking and to promote the first-aid procedure that needs to be applied in case of choking. Methods: In this study, we present a serious game as a set of minigames that reproduces the main steps of the protocol for the first-aid performed in choking. In the proposed game, the player acquires the role of a helper who has to save the person in a choking emergency by applying the main steps of the protocol. Time and score restrictions are imposed to pass each minigame. To test this game, we performed a pilot study with 48 high school students. Different tests were performed to assess the students’ preferences and their knowledge on choking before and after playing the proposed game. The obtained results were analyzed using Mann-Whitney U test when a grade variable was involved and by using Fisher exact test when 2 categorical variables were involved. Results: The findings of our study showed that the players enjoyed the game. No statistical differences were detected when considering the gender of the player, their preferences for video games, or their previous experience in choking emergencies. By comparing the knowledge of these students before and after playing the game, we found that all the indicators of the knowledge about how to act in case of a choking emergency were improved through this serious game. Conclusions: The findings of our study show that the proposed game is a good strategy for promoting and teaching first-aid procedures in choking emergencies to nonexperts in this field |
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| spelling | A Serious Game on the First-Aid Procedure in Choking Scenarios: Design and Evaluation Study Boada, Imma Rodríguez Benítez, Antonio Thió i Fernández de Henestrosa, Santiago Soler i Masó, Josep Primers auxilis -- Jocs per ordinador First aid in illness and injury -- Computer games Asfíxia -- Jocs per ordinador Asphyxia -- Computer games Jocs per ordinador -- Disseny Computer games -- Design Background: Choking is one of the causes of unintentional injury death. Gaining the knowledge of the first-aid procedure that has to be applied in case of choking can increase the chances of survival of persons with choking. Serious games can be a good channel for educating people about choking scenarios and the actions to be taken to save the persons with choking. Objective: The objective of this study is to present and evaluate the effectiveness of a serious game designed to prevent choking and to promote the first-aid procedure that needs to be applied in case of choking. Methods: In this study, we present a serious game as a set of minigames that reproduces the main steps of the protocol for the first-aid performed in choking. In the proposed game, the player acquires the role of a helper who has to save the person in a choking emergency by applying the main steps of the protocol. Time and score restrictions are imposed to pass each minigame. To test this game, we performed a pilot study with 48 high school students. Different tests were performed to assess the students’ preferences and their knowledge on choking before and after playing the proposed game. The obtained results were analyzed using Mann-Whitney U test when a grade variable was involved and by using Fisher exact test when 2 categorical variables were involved. Results: The findings of our study showed that the players enjoyed the game. No statistical differences were detected when considering the gender of the player, their preferences for video games, or their previous experience in choking emergencies. By comparing the knowledge of these students before and after playing the game, we found that all the indicators of the knowledge about how to act in case of a choking emergency were improved through this serious game. Conclusions: The findings of our study show that the proposed game is a good strategy for promoting and teaching first-aid procedures in choking emergencies to nonexperts in this field This work was supported by the Catalan Government (Grant No. 2017-SGR-1101) and by the Spanish Government (Grant No.PID2019-106426RB-C31) JMIR Publications http://hdl.handle.net/10256/18782 |
| spellingShingle | A Serious Game on the First-Aid Procedure in Choking Scenarios: Design and Evaluation Study Boada, Imma Primers auxilis -- Jocs per ordinador First aid in illness and injury -- Computer games Asfíxia -- Jocs per ordinador Asphyxia -- Computer games Jocs per ordinador -- Disseny Computer games -- Design |
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| title | A Serious Game on the First-Aid Procedure in Choking Scenarios: Design and Evaluation Study |
| title_full | A Serious Game on the First-Aid Procedure in Choking Scenarios: Design and Evaluation Study |
| title_fullStr | A Serious Game on the First-Aid Procedure in Choking Scenarios: Design and Evaluation Study |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Serious Game on the First-Aid Procedure in Choking Scenarios: Design and Evaluation Study |
| title_short | A Serious Game on the First-Aid Procedure in Choking Scenarios: Design and Evaluation Study |
| title_sort | A Serious Game on the First-Aid Procedure in Choking Scenarios: Design and Evaluation Study |
| topic | Primers auxilis -- Jocs per ordinador First aid in illness and injury -- Computer games Asfíxia -- Jocs per ordinador Asphyxia -- Computer games Jocs per ordinador -- Disseny Computer games -- Design |
| topic_facet | Primers auxilis -- Jocs per ordinador First aid in illness and injury -- Computer games Asfíxia -- Jocs per ordinador Asphyxia -- Computer games Jocs per ordinador -- Disseny Computer games -- Design |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/10256/18782 |