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CardioCare Quest: A Co-created Game for Improving Hypertension Treatment Compliance in Arizona

Description

This project aims to address healthcare disparities among Navaho people diagnosed with hypertension or prehypertension through three main objectives. Firstly, it identifies and shares insights on healthcare access disparities affecting Navaho individuals experiencing nonadherence to hypertension treatment. Secondly, the proposal develops a telehealth solution based on factors identified as knowledge gaps caused by healthcare access disparities in hypertension management; we will use the factors to design a series of engaging minigames that can be incorporated into the larger CardioCare Quest. These minigames will be co-designed with end users and clinicians. Finally, the proposal conducts comprehensive qualitative and quantitative assessments of user experiences, perceptions, and challenges with CardioCare Quest.

Study Overview

Study Details

Study overview

This project aims to address healthcare disparities among Navaho people diagnosed with hypertension or prehypertension through three main objectives. Firstly, it identifies and shares insights on healthcare access disparities affecting Navaho individuals experiencing nonadherence to hypertension treatment. Secondly, the proposal develops a telehealth solution based on factors identified as knowledge gaps caused by healthcare access disparities in hypertension management; we will use the factors to design a series of engaging minigames that can be incorporated into the larger CardioCare Quest. These minigames will be co-designed with end users and clinicians. Finally, the proposal conducts comprehensive qualitative and quantitative assessments of user experiences, perceptions, and challenges with CardioCare Quest.

CardioCare Quest: A Co-created Game for Improving Hypertension Treatment Compliance in Arizona

CardioCare Quest: A Co-created Game for Improving Hypertension Treatment Compliance in Arizona

Condition
High Blood Pressure
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

Flagstaff

School of Informatics Computing and Cyber Systems, Flagstaff, Arizona, United States, 86001

Flagstaff

Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona, United States, 86005

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * We are interested in interviewing people who receive, give, or are affected by HBP therapy. This includes medical professionals, patients with HBP between the ages of 18 and above, their family members, caretakers, and relevant community professionals such as social workers.
  • * The project targets Urban Indigenous individuals in the patient category. A potential participant will be recognized as Urban Indigenous upon completing the registration form provided to them.
  • * The project is interested in Navajo Nation groups that reside in Flagstaff.
  • * Patients with uncontrolled or severely severe hypertension will be excluded from this study since controlling these instances may be the primary emphasis of the study rather than its intervention.
  • * The exclusion will be based on considerations such as the severity of hypertension, the potential risks associated with uncontrolled hypertension, and the overall health status of the patient.
  • * Participants having specific medical conditions that could interfere with or pose risks to the study's outcomes (e.g., severe heart disease, advanced kidney disease) will be excluded.
  • * Pregnant women or those who want to get pregnant during the study period will be excluded due to the potential dangers to both the pregnant woman and the fetus.

Ages Eligible for Study

18 Years to

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

Northern Arizona University,

Tochukwu Ikwunne, PhD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Northern Arizona University

Study Record Dates

2026-11-01