Identified gamification opportunities for digital patient journey solution during an arthroplasty journey: secondary analysis of patients' interviews.
Johanna Jansson, Elina Laukka, Outi Kanste and 2 others
PMID 35460334WHAT IT FOUND
Patients undergoing hip or knee replacement suggested that digital journey tools could include clear goals, checklists, activity tracking, progressive exercises, visual timelines, and supervised peer or staff support.
This was not a test of whether such tools improve outcomes.
Key findings
01Patient interviews identified gamification opportunities on five dimensions: accomplishment, challenge, guided, playfulness and social experience.
02Patients identified opportunities for clear, scheduled, progressive and personalized goals, with activity tracking.
03Patients identified opportunities for adaptive or increasing exercise difficulty, personalized challenges and alternative exercises.
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What it does not show
The study was single centre and used convenience sampling, so the views may not apply to other populations or services. Only 20 patients were interviewed, and the analysis was secondary, so the interview questions were not pilot tested for this purpose. Participants did not review the transcripts, although the interviews were audio recorded and transcribed verbatim. The paper describes patient preferences and design opportunities, not the effect of any gamified digital tool on recovery or clinical outcomes. The findings may not transfer to patients with negative attitudes towards digital patient journey solutions.
Declared interests
The authors declared no conflict of interest. The study was funded by Business Finland.
The easy way to misread this
Do not read these patient suggestions as evidence that gamified digital tools improve hip or knee replacement recovery. The study analysed interviews and did not test any solution or clinical outcome.