Family
Conditions
Keywords
Family well-being, Family communication
Brief 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.
Detailed 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.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALDigital game
A digital family game with theme-based mini games (epidemic prevention, exercise, diet, communication and parenting)
Sponsors
The University of Hong Kong
Study design
Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 100 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
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.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Perceived improved family well-being | Baseline and one month | Change assessed by a validated one-item Family Happiness scale (score from 0 to 10, higher scores indicate more family happiness). |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Perceived improved family communication | Baseline and one month | Change assessed by a one-item family communication scale (score from 0 to 10, higher scores indicate better family communication). |
| Perceived improved family health | Baseline and one month | Change assessed by a one-item family health scale (score from 0 to 10, higher scores indicate better family health). |
| Family well-being knowledge and behaviors | Baseline and one month | Change assessed by outcome-based questions (scores from 0 to 10, higher scores indicate better knowledge and behaviors) |
| Practice of sharing family well-being knowledge | One month | Assessed by outcome-based questions with categorical choices |
Countries
Hong Kong
Contacts
Primary ContactAgnes Y Lai, PhD
Backup ContactTai-hing Lam, MD
Outcome results
None listed