Enhancing Social Engagement through Online Gameplay for Older Adults with and without Mild Cognitive Impairment

通过在线游戏增强有或没有轻度认知障碍的老年人的社交参与

• 批准号: 10484643
• 负责人: Maribeth Gandy Coleman
• 金额: $ 44.98万
• 依托单位: POTLUCK, LLC
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2022-06-01 至 2024-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10484643
• 关键词: Adult; Affect; Age; Aging; Alzheimer' s Disease; Code; Cognitive; Collaborations; Communities; Control Groups; Dementia; Development; Elderly; Ensure; Family; Family member; Friends; Funding; Goals; Hand; Health; Health Benefit; Impaired cognition; Independent Living; Institutes; Intervention; Intuition; Learning; Loneliness; Manuals; Measurement; Methods; Observational Study; Outcome; Outcome Measure; Participant; Persons; Phase; Philadelphia; Play; Preparation; Quality of life; Randomized; Randomized Controlled Trials; Readiness; Research; Risk; Scheme; Services; Small Business Innovation Research Grant; Social Interaction; Social Perception; Social isolation; Social support; Socialization; Standardization; Stress; Technology; Testing; Therapeutic; Time; Training; Treatment Efficacy; Universities; Update; Waiting Lists; Work; base; brain health; cognitive function; commercialization; comparison group; computer science; design; efficacy testing; experience; group intervention; implementation protocol; improved; industry partner; innovation; interest; mild cognitive impairment; new technology; pilot test; product development; prototype; research and development; research study; social; social engagement; usability; video chat

ABSTRACT This Fast Track SBIR proposal submitted by Potluck LLC (Philadelphia, PA) requests funds to design and rigorously test the integration of multiplayer games into the online social engagement platform (OneClick) for adults with mild cognitive impairment (MCI). The long-term goal is to benefit health outcomes that are affected by social engagement or lack thereof, such as survival and the onset of dementia. Older adults are at risk of social isolation, and therefore, negative health and quality-of-life outcomes. The existing OneClick platform connects people through live, small-group, video conversation, and has been optimized for older adults with MCI. In this new project, games already well known and enjoyable to older adults will be integrated into the OneClick platform to enhance social interaction between older adults, their family, and close friends. In collaboration with experts in aging, cognitive decline, and technology and game design, new game interfaces will be designed, tested and integrated into the existing platform. Phase I will establish feasibility and optimize in-game social interaction for older adults with and without MCI. In Aim 1, facilitators and barriers of online social gameplay and interaction will be identified through formative research and observational studies of older adults with and without MCI playing in-person and online games. In Aim 2, Aim 1 findings will be used to design and implement an intuitive and pleasant gameplay interface that will be compared against in-person gameplay experiences to demonstrate technical feasibility. In Phase II, the efficacy of online game play as a social engagement intervention will be tested in a properly-powered Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT), and the scalability and market-readiness of the new product tested in a real-world pilot with an established industry partner. In Aim 3, the new OneClick platform, intervention content, and implementation protocols will be finalized based on Phase I learnings. This will prepare for Aim 4, a 12-week RCT that tests intervention efficacy: 124 older adults with and without MCI (62 each) will be randomized to the OneClick intervention group or a Wait-list control group. The intervention group will use OneClick for 12 weeks, while the Wait-listed control group receives no intervention. Both groups complete social isolation and engagement assessments after 6 and 12 weeks. Subsequently, participants in the Wait-listed control group will start the intervention, with assessments after 6 and 12 weeks. Within and between-group comparisons over time will determine effects on social engagement, quality of life, technology acceptance, and subjective stress. In Aim 5, proven methods, materials and content will be handed over to an industry partner to assess scalability by evaluating whether the new online social gaming platform can be readily implemented and support social engagement among the independently living older adults they serve. The deliverable is a rigorous and effective social engagement technology ready for broad commercialization.

摘要 这份由Potluck LLC（宾夕法尼亚州费城）提交的快速通道SBIR提案要求资金设计和 严格测试多人游戏与在线社交平台（OneClick）的整合， 轻度认知障碍（MCI）。长期目标是使受影响的健康结果受益 通过社会参与或缺乏社会参与，如生存和痴呆症的发作。老年人有可能 社会孤立，因此，负面的健康和生活质量的结果。现有的OneClick平台 通过现场、小组、视频对话将人们联系起来，并针对老年人进行了优化， MCI。在这个新项目中，老年人已经熟知和喜爱的游戏将被整合到 一键平台，以加强老年人，他们的家人和亲密朋友之间的社交互动。在 与老龄化、认知能力下降、技术和游戏设计、新游戏界面等方面的专家合作 将被设计、测试并整合到现有平台中。第一阶段将确定可行性并优化 游戏中的社交互动对于患有和不患有MCI的老年人。在目标1中，在线的促进者和障碍 社交游戏和互动将通过对老年人的形成性研究和观察性研究来确定。 有MCI和没有MCI的成年人玩真人和在线游戏。在目标2中，目标1的调查结果将用于 设计和实现一个直观和愉快的游戏界面，将与人比较 游戏体验，展示技术可行性。在第二阶段，在线游戏作为一种 社会参与干预将在一项具有适当把握度的随机对照试验（RCT）中进行测试， 新产品的可扩展性和市场就绪性在一个成熟的行业中进行了实际试点测试 搭档在目标3中，新的OneClick平台、干预内容和实施方案将 根据第一阶段的学习成果完成。这将为Aim 4做准备，Aim 4是一项为期12周的随机对照试验， 疗效：124名患有和不患有MCI的老年人（各62名）将被随机分配到OneClick干预组 或等待列表控制组。干预组将使用OneClick 12周， 组不接受干预。两组都在6点后完成社会隔离和参与度评估 还有12周随后，等待名单对照组的参与者将开始干预， 6周和12周后的评估。随着时间的推移，组内和组间比较将确定效果 社会参与，生活质量，技术接受度和主观压力。在目标5中，已证明有效的方法， 材料和内容将移交给行业合作伙伴，通过评估 新的在线社交游戏平台可以很容易地实现，并支持社交参与之间的 他们所服务的独立生活的老年人。可交付成果是一种严格而有效的社会参与 技术准备广泛商业化。