The MINWii project: Renarcissization of patients suffering from Alzheimer's disease through video game-based music therapy
The MINWii project: Renarcissization of patients suffering from Alzheimer's disease through video game-based music therapy
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DOI：
10.1016/j.entcom.2011.12.004
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发表时间：
2012-12-01
影响因子：
2.8
通讯作者：
Pequignot, R.
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作者：
Benveniste, S.;Jouvelot, P.;Pequignot, R.
MINWii是一款针对老年痴呆症和痴呆症患者的新的严肃视频游戏，是一种简单的音乐治疗工具，可供未经训练的护理人员使用。其目标是改善患者的自我形象（重新arcissization），以减少行为症状，这是机构化的重要原因。有了MINWii，老年玩家可以使用Wiimotes在虚拟键盘上即兴创作或播放预定义的歌曲。我们详细介绍了我们的设计过程，该过程解决了痴呆症的具体特征：这种迭代改进方案建立在治疗环境中的定性、小规模实验的基础上，导致MINWii最初的重点从创造力转向回忆。我们的大多数轻度至中度痴呆患者对我们的系统表示了浓厚的兴趣，这一点得到了护理人员反馈的证实。目前正在进行MINWii的对照治疗研究，研究其对医院环境中行为和生活质量的影响。(C)2012年国际信息处理联合会由Elsevier B.V.出版，保留所有权利。
MINWii, a new serious video game targeting Alzheimer and demented patients, is a simple music therapy tool usable by untrained care givers. Its goal is to improve patients' self-image (renarcissization) to reduce behavioral symptoms, which are an important cause of institutionalization. With MINWii, elderly gamers use Wiimotes to improvise or play predefined songs on a virtual keyboard. We detail our design process, which addresses the specific features of dementia: this iterative refinement scheme, built upon qualitative, small scale experiments in a therapeutic environment, led to a shift of MINWii's original focus from creativity to reminiscence. A large majority of our patients, with mild to moderate dementia, expressed a strong interest in our system, which was confirmed by feedback from the care givers. A controlled therapeutic study of MINWii is currently under way, which investigates its impact on behavior and quality of life in a hospital setting. (C) 2012 International Federation for Information Processing Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.