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Using Interactive 3D Game Play to Make Complex Medical Knowledge More Accessible

Author(s) -

Dale Patterson

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

procedia computer science

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.334

H-Index - 76

ISSN - 1877-0509

DOI - 10.1016/j.procs.2014.05.032

Subject(s) - computer science , human–computer interaction , task (project management) , multimedia , diabetes management , graphics , mobile device , diabetes mellitus , world wide web , type 2 diabetes , computer graphics (images) , medicine , management , economics , endocrinology

This research outlines a new approach, that takes complex medical, nutritional & activity data and presents it to the diabetic patient in the form of a mobile app/game that uses interactive 3D computer graphics & game play to make this complex information more accessible. The pilot randomized control study results indicate that the Diabetes Visualizer's use of interactive 3D game play increased the participants understanding of the condition, and its day-to-day management. More importantly the Diabetes Visualizer app stimulated participants interest in, and desire to engage in the task of diabetes management

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