%0 Journal Article
%@ 2291-9279
%I JMIR Publications
%V 6
%N 4
%P e18
%T Developing Digital Games to Address Airway Clearance Therapy in Children With Cystic Fibrosis: Participatory Design Process
%A Balli,Fabio
%+ Concordia University, 1455 de Maisonneuve West, Montreal, QC, H3G 1M8, Canada, 1 514 848 2424, info@fabioballi.net
%K digital games
%K children
%K cystic fibrosis
%K game design
%K treatment adherence and compliance
%K intersectoral collaboration
%K access to information
%K recommendations
%K telemedicine
%K mobile phone
%D 2018
%7 21.11.2018
%9 Original Paper
%J JMIR Serious Games
%G English
%X Background: Children affected with cystic fibrosis do respiratory exercises to release the mucus stuck in their lungs. Objective: The objective of our study was to develop prototypes of digital games that use breath pressure to make this daily physiotherapy more fun. Methods: We used a participatory design approach and organized short events to invite contributors from different disciplines to develop game prototypes. From the 6 prototypes, 3 were tested by 10 children during a prestudy. The source code of the games, of which 2 continue to be developed, has been released on the internet under fair use licenses. Results: We discuss 7 themes of importance in designing games for health, combining our experience with a review a posteriori of literature. Conclusions: This study provides examples of games and their pitfalls as well as recommendations to create games for health in a participatory approach that enables everyone to improve and adapt the work done. 
%M 30463835
%R 10.2196/games.8964
%U http://games.jmir.org/2018/4/e18/
%U https://doi.org/10.2196/games.8964
%U http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30463835