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

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• Journal Article:
  Preventing Chronic Disease (PCD)
• Personal Author:
  Auer, Brandon J. ; Sciamanna, Christopher ; Smyth, Joshua M. ; Truica, Cristina I. ; Cream, Leah V. ; Mukherjee, Dahlia
• Description:
  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.
• Subjects:
  Brief
• Source:
  Prev Chronic Dis. 15.
• ISSN:
  1545-1151
• Pubmed ID:
  29935075
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC6016406
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Volume:
  15
• Collection(s):
  Preventing Chronic Disease
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