Video Game Improves Teen Attitudes Towards HIV Counseling & Testing
Video Game Improves Teen Attitudes Towards HIV Counseling & Testing
Video Game Improves Teen Attitudes Towards HIV Counseling & Testing
February 2, 2024
Summary
For a study, researchers sought to see how the original video game intervention, PlayTest!, changed people's behavior before they got HIV testing and counseling.
At 6 months, the main result was how the subjects felt about HTC. Intentions, understanding, self-efficacy, and actions were measured as secondary outcomes.
About 296 people were registered and randomly assigned.
Around 9 were taken out because their adult permission forms were incomplete, leaving 287 people: 145 were randomly assigned to PlayTest! and 142 to the control condition.
In the PlayTest! group, HTC views, plans, understanding, and self-efficacy all got better over time.
About 18 people who had access to HTC and 26 people who did not have access to HTC reported the same amount of HTC at six months.
PlayTest! changed important behavioral factors that led to HTC and could make HTC more common among teens in general.
Reference
Video Game Improves Teen Attitudes Towards HIV Counseling & Testing (2024, February 2). Physician’s Weekly. https://www.physiciansweekly.com/evaluating-the-impact-of-a-serious-video-game-on-counseling-and-hiv-testing/