iLift: A health behavior change support system for lifting and transfer techniques to prevent lower-back injuries in healthcare

International Journal of Medical Informatics
Derek A KuipersJean Pierre E N Pierie

Abstract

Lower back problems are a common cause of sick leave of employees in Dutch care homes and hospitals. In the Netherlands over 40% of reported sick leave is due to back problems, mainly caused by carrying out heavy work. The goal of the iLift project was to develop a game for nursing personnel to train them in lifting and transfer techniques. The main focus was not on testing for the effectiveness of the game itself, but rather on the design of the game as an autogenous trigger and its place in a behavioral change support system. In this article, the design and development of such a health behavior change support system is addressed, describing cycles of design and evaluation. (a) To define the problem space, use context and user context, focus group interviews were conducted with Occupational Therapists (n=4), Nurses (n=10) and Caregivers (n=12) and a thematic analysis was performed. We interviewed experts (n=5) on the subject of lifting and transferring techniques. (b) A design science research approach resulted in a playable prototype. An expert panel conducted analysis of video-recorded playing activities. (c) Field experiment: We performed a dynamic analysis in order to investigate the feasibility of the prototype through bi...Continue Reading

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Jul 13, 2016·International Journal of Medical Informatics·Saskia M KeldersJulia E W C van Gemert-Pijnen
Nov 28, 2017·JMIR Serious Games·Derek A KuipersJean Pierre En Pierie
May 18, 2020·Work : a Journal of Prevention, Assessment, and Rehabilitation·Mohammadhasan OwliaTilak Dutta
May 11, 2017·Applied Clinical Informatics·Asma HassaniFan Yang
Sep 29, 2018·Preventing Chronic Disease·Myra AltmanJessica Y Breland
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