@Article{info:doi/10.2196/diabetes.7652,
author="Sparapani, Val{\'e}ria de C{\'a}ssia
and Fels, Sidney
and Nascimento, Lucila Castanheira",
title="The Value of Children's Voices for a Video Game Development in the Context of Type 1 Diabetes: Focus Group Study",
journal="JMIR Diabetes",
year="2017",
month="Jul",
day="19",
volume="2",
number="2",
pages="e17",
keywords="type 1 diabetes mellitus; video games; qualitative research; pediatric nursing; serious games; self-management",
abstract="Background: Children with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) face daily challenges performing self-care tasks, controlling symptoms, and dealing with psychosocial issues. The use of video games to improve health is a successful support for persons with chronic diseases, promoting adequate self-management through simulations of real life. Involving future users in the development of games is essential to generating innovative, creative, and effective programs. Objective: Our goal is to identify what children with T1DM need to know about their disease and their self-care tasks as well as their preferences in video games. Methods: Children with T1DM provided input about their learning needs, self-care tasks, and preferences in video games. Three categories were identified through qualitative content analysis: dealing with emotions and knowledge, practical skills and awareness, and game preferences. Results: Children expressed concerns about the difficulties of self-care, lack of knowledge about diabetes, and lack of awareness about the consequences of behaviors related to self-care, which contribute to inappropriate behaviors and significantly impact self-management of their disease. They expressed enthusiasm for a video game for children with diabetes that considered their needs and preferences. Conclusions: Findings support the potential benefits when children's input is considered in game design. Consideration of customer needs and preferences is a powerful resource in the development of video games with enhanced learning experience. ",
issn="2371-4379",
doi="10.2196/diabetes.7652",
url="http://diabetes.jmir.org/2017/2/e17/",
url="https://doi.org/10.2196/diabetes.7652",
url="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30291061"
}