None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
This study aims to understand how easy the digital gamified intervention ("HooHoo Frog") is to use and how satisfied people with COPD feel when using it. We will ask participants to try the app and tell us about their experience, including what works well and what could be improved. We expect that the app will be easy to use and helpful for supporting COPD self-management.
Interventions
The “HooHoo Frog” app is grounded in evidence-based COPD rehabilitation protocols, social cognitive theory driven gamification, and digital therapeutics principles. It is a digital gamified intervention designed to support participants with COPD for their self-management, providing features such as interactive games, education materials and reminders to enhance engagement. Participants can access the app on smartphones (iOS/Android), as well as tablets.
Participants will be encouraged to use t
The “HooHoo Frog” app is grounded in evidence-based COPD rehabilitation protocols, social cognitive theory driven gamification, and digital therapeutics principles. It is a digital gamified intervention designed to support participants with COPD for their self-management, providing features such as interactive games, education materials and reminders to enhance engagement. Participants can access the app on smartphones (iOS/Android), as well as tablets. Participants will be encouraged to use the app once during a scheduled online meeting, during which they will engage with the app for approximately 10 minutes. This online session will be conducted by a PhD candidate majored in Public Health, with a COPD patient involved in each session. The purpose of the meeting is to assess the app’s usability and user satisfaction, and to gather participants’ feedback and suggestions for improvement. During the guided use, participants will experience features such as breathing exercises, reading COPD-related health education materials, and light activity-based tasks. The educational materials included in the app are adapted from existing COPD self-management resources (Chinese guideline for management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in primary care (2024)) in China. Minor modifications were made to suit the digital format and align with the app’s design while maintaining accuracy and consistency with guideline recommendations. The app provides standardised content to all participants. Adherence will be assessed through weekly check-ins.
Sponsors
University of Auckland
Study design
Allocation
Non-randomised trial
Primary purpose
Educational / counselling / training
Masking
Open (masking not used)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
Participants will be eligible for inclusion if self-reported that they diagnosed with COPD by a medical practitioner using lung function tests; aged 18 years or older; are willing and able to complete all study procedures and provide E-consent; have access to the internet and can use a mobile phone or other web-based platform that can use this program; and are fluent in Mandarin, can read and speak.
Exclusion criteria
Participants will be excluded if their primary condition is another respiratory disease (e.g., asthma, bronchiectasis, lung cancer, tuberculosis, or other major respiratory disease); or are currently participating in another COPD-related study or have completed it within the last three months; or participants with severe mental disorders and cognitive impairment.
Outcome results
None listed