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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Auer, Brandon J
• Sciamanna, Christopher
• Smyth, Joshua M
• Truica, Cristina I
• Cream, Leah V
• Mukherjee, Dahlia

Titel

Interest Among Primary Care Patients in Group Problem-Solving Gameplay for Mental Health

Ist Teil von

• Preventing chronic disease, 2018-06, Vol.15, p.E86-E86, Article 170488

Ort / Verlag

United States: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Erscheinungsjahr

2018

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MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Mental health programs to improve problem-solving skills and reduce stress through social gameplay can improve psychiatric outcomes, but little is known about whether adult patients are interested in using them. Primary care patients (n = 467) completed a cross-sectional survey to assess interest in using 2 types of group programs for mental health. A significantly greater percentage (23.7%) of patients expressed interest in a gameplay-based program than in interpersonal therapy (17.6%) (P < .001). Lonely patients and younger patients were more likely to report interest in gameplay. Results suggest that diverse patient populations are interested in using gameplay programs for mental health.