Development of Family Board Game for Asthma Education and Evaluation of its Educational Effect

Choi, Ic Sun; Yu, Byung Keun; Byeon, Jung Hye; La, Kyong Suk; Song, Dae Jin; Yoo, Young; Choung, Ji Tae; Lee, Young Mee

Abstract

PURPOSE
The education for self-management of asthma is considered as an essential component to control asthma and improve outcomes. This study aimed to develope an educational game for increasing knowledge of asthma management among children and their caregivers.
METHODS
Three subspecialists of pediatric allergy and respirology, 1 pediatrician, 3 pediatric residents and 15 medical students conducted this study. An instructional systemic design using analysis, design, development, implementation and evaluation (ADDIE) model was applied in the entire process of game production. We surveyed the demands of asthma education in 19 caregivers of children who were in the treatment of asthma in Korea University Anam Hospital and reflected its results on the construction of game. For the evaluation of the objective effects of developed game, the comparison study was performed between the patients who had experienced the game (n=20) and those who had not (n=22) by using questionnaire about the knowledge of asthma.
RESULTS
The game was developed as a form of board game and had contents including precipitating factors, symptoms and treatment of asthma. The patients older than elementary student easily understood the mode and substances of game, and participated with their concentrations throughout approximately 2 hours' operating time. In analysis of the knowledge level of asthma, the patients who had experienced board game showed significantly higher knowledge level than those who had not (74.0+/-17.6 vs. 55.0+/-17.1, P=0.006).
CONCLUSION
We developed a family board game for the asthma education through the systematic production process. The board game may increase the knowledge level in asthmatic children, which would improve the ability of self-management.