Evaluating social games for kids and teenagers diagnosed with cancer

2011 IEEE 1st International Conference on Serious Games and Applications for Health, SeGAH 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Fuchslocher, Alberto ^a   Gerling, Kathrin ^a   Masuch, Maic ^a   Krämer, Nicole ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

childhood cancer; evaluation; game experience; health games; serious games; social games

Indexed keywords

CHILDHOOD CANCERS; EVALUATION; GAME EXPERIENCE; SERIOUS GAMES; SOCIAL GAMES;

HEALTH CARE;

DISEASES;

EID: 84859056355     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/SeGAH.2011.6165463     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (20)

1. L.F. Berkman, Social networks, host resistance and mortality. A follow-up study of alameda county residents. Ph. D. thesis. Berkley, CA, USA: University of California, 1977.
2. S.J. Brown, D.A. Lieberman, B.A. Gemeny, Y.C. Fan, D.M. Wilson, and D.J. Pasta, "Educational video game for juvenile diabetes: Results of a controlled trial," Medical Informatics vol, 22(1), 1997, pp. 77-89. (Pubitemid 27246228)
3. CanTeen, CanTeen Interactive Village, available at http://www.canteen. org.au/ village/ (accessed Feb. 2011).
4. H. Davis, F. Vetere, S. Ashkanasy, G. Dyson, P. Schofield, and K. Thompson, "Towards Social Connection for Young People with Cancer", Proceedings of OZCHI, Cairns, Australia, 2008.
5. A. Fuchslocher, J. Niesenhaus, and N. Krämer, "Serious Games for Health: An Empirical Study of the Game 'Balance' for Teenagers With Diabetes Mellitus," Entertainment Computing, in press.
6. M. Griffiths, "The Therapeutic Value of Video Games," in Handbook of Computer Game Studies, J. Raessens and J. Goldstein, Eds. Cambridge and London: MIT Press, 2005, pp. 161-171.
7. M. Griffiths, "Video Games and Health," BMJ, vol. 13, 2005, pp. 122-123.
8. G. Holden, D.J. Bearison, D.C. Rode, M. Fishman-Kapiloff, G. Rosenberg, and P. Onghena, "Pediatric Pain and Anxiety: A Meta-Analysis of Outcomes for a Behavioral Telehealth Intervention,"Research on Social Work Practice, vol. 13(6), 2003, pp. 693-704. (Pubitemid 37291707)
9. W.A. Ijsselsteijn, Y.A.W. de Kort, and K. Poels, "The Game Experience Questionnaire: Development of a self-report measure to assess the psychological impact of digital games," unpublished.
10. P.M. Kato. "Video Games inHealth Care: Closing the Gap," Review of General Psychology, vol. 14(2), 2010, pp. 113-121.
11. P.M. Kato, S.W. Cole, A.S. Bradlyn, and B.H. Pollock, "A Video Game Improves Behavioral Outcomes in Adolescents and Young Adults With Cancer: A Randomized Trial," Pediatrics, vol. 122(2), 2008, pp. 305-317.
12. K. Moody, M. Meyer, C.A. Mancuso, M. Charlson, and L. Robbins, "Exploring concerns ofchildren with cancer;" Supportive Care in Cancer, vol. 14(9), 2006, pp. 960-966.
13. M.S. Sanger, D.R. Copeland, and E.R. Davidson, "Psychosocial Adjustment Among Pediatric Cancer Patients: A Multidimensional Assessment," Journal of Pediatric Psychology, vol. 16(4), 1991, pp. 463-474.
14. J.D. Schiffman, E. Csongradi, and L.K. Suzuki, "Internet Use Among Adolescent and Young Adults (AYA) With Cancer," Pediatric Blood and Cancer, vol. 51, 2008, pp. 410-415.
15. R. Sedlak, "Onko-Kids-Online: Verbesserung der Lebensqualität für krebskranke Kinder und Jugendliche mittels Internet", in E-Mental-Health, S. Bauer and H. Kordy, Eds. Heidelberg: Springer, 2008.
16. S. Sharar, G. Carrougher, D. Nakamura, H. Hoffman, D. Blough, and D. Patterson, "Factors influencing the efficacy of virtual reality distraction analgesia during postburn physical therapy: Preliminary results from 3 ongoing studies," Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, vol. 88, 2007, pp. 43-49.
17. thACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Atlanta, GA, USA, 2010.
18. Starlight Foundation, STARBRIGHT World, available at http://www. starbrightworld.org/ (accessed Mar. 2011).
19. L.K. Suzuki and P.M. Kato, "Psychosocial support for patients in pediatric oncology: The influences of parents, schools, peers, and technology," Journal of Pediatric Oncology Nursing, vol. 20(4), 2003, pp.159-174 (Pubitemid 39089912)
20. World Health Organization and International Union Against Cancer, Global Action Against Cancer, available at http://www.who.int/cancer/media/en/ GlobalActionCancerEnglfull.pdf (accessed Feb. 2011).