Assessing the acceptability and usability of an interactive serious game in aiding treatment decisions for patients with localized prostate cancer

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Reichlin, Lindsey ^a,d   Mani, Nithya ^c   McArthur, Kara ^a   Harris, Amy M ^a   Rajan, Nithin ^a,b   Dacso, Clifford C ^a  

^a HOUSTON METHODIST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Prostate cancer; Serious games; Shared decision making; Usability

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPUTER; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; GAME; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PROSTATE TUMOR; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMPUTERS; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; FOCUS GROUPS; GAMES, EXPERIMENTAL; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 79953119036     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.1519     Document Type: Article

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