Playing for Wellness: A Review on Pioneering a Gamified Mobile Health Framework

• Published in: 2023 IEEE 21st Student Conference on Research and Development, SCOReD 2023
• Main Author: Yahizan S.N.; Zain N.H.M.; Razak F.H.A.
• Format: Conference paper
• Language: English
• Published: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2023
• Online Access: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85197732896&doi=10.1109%2fSCOReD60679.2023.10563872&partnerID=40&md5=31022d78271133a6294a6793f003a393

There has been an increase in mobile health (m-Health) applications for physical activity, nutrition, health monitoring, and health knowledge in recent years. Besides, m-Health applications are identified based on their functionality, patient health status, and health domains. The new concept, such as gamified m-Health, is created specifically for health context purposes that implement game elements in the m-Health application. However, there is still a lack of understanding about how gamification should be applied in m-Health apps, leading to poor user experience while using the application. Therefore, this paper proposed a new gamified m-Health framework, namely the GMHealth framework, for gamifying mobile health applications. This paper discusses the frameworks and theoretical foundations, issues, and trends in the gamification frameworks related to m-Health applications. As a result, this new GMHealth framework can be a guideline in producing highly promising m-Health applications to reduce treatment adherence problems and boost user engagement with healthcare intervention. © 2023 IEEE.