Oral Health Education for Children: Development of a Serious Game with a User-Centered Design Approach.
Games Health J
; 2024 Apr 01.
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ABSTRACT
Background:
Children can learn efficiently with well-designed serious games. The use of applications to promote health has proliferated, but there is a lack of scientific studies on educational games in oral health. Materials andMethods:
We developed the Brazilian version of a British and Jordanian oral health education game for children from the perspectives of Brazilian specialists and users. This descriptive study, with a qualitative and quantitative approach, comprised three phases I-Experts' discussion of the appropriateness of the previous version of the game to Brazil; II-Development of the first Brazilian version of the game; and III-Evaluation of the first version with 15 children from 4 to 8 years of age.Results:
In Phase I, the specialists agreed with the development of the Brazilian version of the game, with minor adjustments on advice on eating; advice on oral hygiene habits, users' age group, game characters, and game purpose. Phase II a version with a few changes in images and recommendations, written and spoken in Brazilian Portuguese. Phase III The global average of correct answers in the game's tasks was 75.3%, ranging from 50.0% to 100%. Children reported having fun with the game, and most understood the content and its interface; their parents found the information relevant and enjoyed the gameplay with their children.Conclusions:
The Oral Health Education Game offered basic information for preventing dental caries to Brazilian children aged 4-8 years old in an interactive and fun way; it could support professionals in improving oral health education.
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Games Health J
Ano de publicação:
2024
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Brasil