Goal: An eHealth application for rewarding healthy behaviour: The first experiences of older adults

Stephanie Kosterink; Roos Bulthuis; Silke ter Stal; Aristodemos Pnevmatikakis; Sofoklis Kyriazakos; Andrew Pomazanskyi; Harm Op Den Akker

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Goal: An eHealth application for rewarding healthy behaviour: The first experiences of older adults

Stephanie Kosterink, Roos Bulthuis, Silke ter Stal, Aristodemos Pnevmatikakis, Sofoklis Kyriazakos, Andrew Pomazanskyi, Harm Op Den Akker

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Abstract

It is important to motivate older adults to lead an active lifestyle. Mobile games and applications can motivate older adults to increase physical, social and cognitive activity. Such a mobile application platform is developed within the GOAL project (H2020 project no. 731656). The aim of this paper is to introduce GOAL, to provide an overview of ongoing evaluations and to present the intermediate results concerning the usability of end-user acceptance of this technology among older adults. GOAL consists of three core components: the GOAL Website, the GOAL Web Portal and the GOAL Mobile Applications. The evaluation has an iterative approach. In total, there are four evaluation phases. During the first three phases, subjects are invited for a pre-test and post-test assessment. During phase 4, subjects are invited to use GOAL by sending out a mass email to get people to sign up to GOAL for themselves. The results of phase 1, 2 and 3 of the evaluation (especially the suggestions by the t arget group) lead to several points of improvement for the GOAL system, to increase the adoption of this technology by older adults. Over the phases, the level of usability increased and subjects become more and more enthusiastic about GOAL.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	ICT4AWE 2019
Subtitle of host publication	Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies for Ageing Well and e-Health
Editors	Martina Ziefle, Leszek Maciaszek
Place of Publication	Heraklion, Crete, Greece
Publisher	SCITEPRESS
Pages	58-66
Number of pages	8
Volume	1
ISBN (Print)	978-989-758-368-1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.5220/0007680900580066
Publication status	Published - 2019
Event	5th International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies for Ageing Well and e-Health, ICT4AWE 2019 - Heraklion, Greece Duration: 2 May 2019 → 4 May 2019 Conference number: 5 http://www.ict4ageingwell.org/EHA.aspx?y=2019

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Conference	5th International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies for Ageing Well and e-Health, ICT4AWE 2019
Abbreviated title	ICT4AWE 2019
Country/Territory	Greece
City	Heraklion
Period	2/05/19 → 4/05/19
Internet address	http://www.ict4ageingwell.org/EHA.aspx?y=2019

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Older Adults
eHealth
mHealth
Games
Rewards
Evaluation

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Kosterink, S., Bulthuis, R., ter Stal, S., Pnevmatikakis, A., Kyriazakos, S., Pomazanskyi, A., & Op Den Akker, H. (2019). Goal: An eHealth application for rewarding healthy behaviour: The first experiences of older adults. In M. Ziefle, & L. Maciaszek (Eds.), ICT4AWE 2019: Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies for Ageing Well and e-Health (Vol. 1, pp. 58-66). SCITEPRESS. https://doi.org/10.5220/0007680900580066

Kosterink, Stephanie ; Bulthuis, Roos ; ter Stal, Silke et al. / Goal: An eHealth application for rewarding healthy behaviour : The first experiences of older adults. ICT4AWE 2019: Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies for Ageing Well and e-Health. editor / Martina Ziefle ; Leszek Maciaszek. Vol. 1 Heraklion, Crete, Greece : SCITEPRESS, 2019. pp. 58-66

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Kosterink, S, Bulthuis, R, ter Stal, S, Pnevmatikakis, A, Kyriazakos, S, Pomazanskyi, A & Op Den Akker, H 2019, Goal: An eHealth application for rewarding healthy behaviour: The first experiences of older adults. in M Ziefle & L Maciaszek (eds), ICT4AWE 2019: Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies for Ageing Well and e-Health. vol. 1, SCITEPRESS, Heraklion, Crete, Greece, pp. 58-66, 5th International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies for Ageing Well and e-Health, ICT4AWE 2019, Heraklion, Greece, 2/05/19. https://doi.org/10.5220/0007680900580066

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Kosterink S, Bulthuis R, ter Stal S, Pnevmatikakis A, Kyriazakos S, Pomazanskyi A et al. Goal: An eHealth application for rewarding healthy behaviour: The first experiences of older adults. In Ziefle M, Maciaszek L, editors, ICT4AWE 2019: Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies for Ageing Well and e-Health. Vol. 1. Heraklion, Crete, Greece: SCITEPRESS. 2019. p. 58-66 doi: 10.5220/0007680900580066

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