A Digital Game on Promoting Family Well-being

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Family
• Interventions: Behavioral: Digital game

• Registration Number: NCT04550065
• Lead Sponsor: The University of Hong Kong

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.

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Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2020-09-01
• Study First Submitted: 2020-09-07
• Study First Submitted QC: 2020-09-14
• Study First Posted: 2020-09-16
• Status Verified: 2021-11
• Last Update Submitted: 2021-11-27
• Last Update Posted: 2021-12-09
• Primary Completion: 2022-12
• Study Completion: 2022-12

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 100

Inclusion Criteria

• Chinese-speaking;
• Individuals aged 18 years and above;
• Able to understand and play the game.

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Exclusion Criteria

• Individuals who cannot meet the inclusion criteria.

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Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Intervention arm	Digital game	Digital game

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
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 Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
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
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).

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Hong Kong community; 🇭🇰 Hong Kong, Hong Kong