Mapping Game Preferences Of Older Adults: A Field Study Towards Tailored Gamified Applications

Frederiek de Vette; Monique  Tabak; Hermie J. Hermens; Miriam M.R. Vollenbroek-Hutten

doi:10.1145/3240167.3240204

Mapping Game Preferences Of Older Adults: A Field Study Towards Tailored Gamified Applications

Frederiek de Vette, Monique Tabak, Hermie J. Hermens, Miriam M.R. Vollenbroek-Hutten

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Abstract

Digital applications are a valuable addition to traditional healthcare. An opportunity in retaining motivation to use these applications lies in gamification. To design a gamified healthcare application for a specific target group, such as the older adult, detailed insight in their game preferences is needed. This insight enables us to tailor gamification to the user to make applications more engaging and usable, which is thought to better facilitate underlying healthcare goals. This raises the need for methods to assess these game preferences. Towards such a method, we deploy a classification for game content based on the five domains of play theory.
In this study, 12 older adults played five off-the-shelf tablet games for one week. Preferences were assessed through a questionnaire, log data and semi-structured interview. The resulting overview of preferences was used to make recommendations for future gamification as well as a refinement of the classification.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	NordiCHI '18
Subtitle of host publication	Proceedings of the 10th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction
Publisher	ACM Publishing
Pages	93-101
Number of pages	9
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-4503-6437-9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3240167.3240204
Publication status	Published - 29 Sep 2018
Event	10th NordiCHI Conference 2018 - Oslo, Norway Duration: 29 Jul 2018 → 3 Oct 2018 Conference number: 10 http://www.nordichi2018.org

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Conference	10th NordiCHI Conference 2018
Abbreviated title	NordiCHI 2018
Country/Territory	Norway
City	Oslo
Period	29/07/18 → 3/10/18
Internet address	http://www.nordichi2018.org

Keywords

Gamification
Older adults
Game content classification
Game preferences
Telemedicine

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de Vette, F, Tabak, M , Hermens, HJ & Vollenbroek-Hutten, MMR 2018, Mapping Game Preferences Of Older Adults: A Field Study Towards Tailored Gamified Applications. in NordiCHI '18: Proceedings of the 10th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction. ACM Publishing, pp. 93-101, 10th NordiCHI Conference 2018, Oslo, Norway, 29/07/18. https://doi.org/10.1145/3240167.3240204

Mapping Game Preferences Of Older Adults: A Field Study Towards Tailored Gamified Applications. / de Vette, Frederiek; Tabak, Monique ; Hermens, Hermie J. et al.

NordiCHI '18: Proceedings of the 10th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction. ACM Publishing, 2018. p. 93-101.

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