Department of Central Sterile Supply, the Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, 25 Taiping Street, Luzhou, China.
Department of Nursing, the Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, 25, Taiping Street, Luzhou, China.
BMC Infect Dis. 2021 May 22;21(1):469. doi: 10.1186/s12879-021-06161-0.
Although great progress has been made in the prevention and treatment of AIDS, there are still a considerable number of new infections annually, especially in adolescents. With the advance of technology, game-based education has gradually become an important tool for changing healthy behaviors among youth.
A protocol for conducting a randomized controlled trial to evaluate the "AIDS Fighter · Health Defense", a game-based AIDS education project aimed at improving the ability of adolescents to prevent AIDS. During the four-week intervention, participants will receive: 1) A virus combat game; 2) Goal setting to eliminate HIV; 3) Questions to be answered to be resurrected in the game; 4) Points ranking; 5) Recognition and Rewards. The primary outcomes include changes in participants' knowledge, stigma attitude, and risk behaviors attitude related to AIDS after four weeks of intervention. The secondary outcomes are the participants' AIDS-related risk behaviors three and six months after the intervention.
AIDS Fighter· Health Defense may be an innovative approach to help adolescents improve AIDS prevention capabilities, fill the gap in game-based AIDS prevention education in China, and gain experience of AIDS management.
Chinese Clinical Trial Registry: ChiCTR2000040195 . Registered 25 November 2020.
尽管艾滋病的预防和治疗已经取得了巨大的进展，但每年仍有相当数量的新感染病例，尤其是在青少年中。随着技术的进步，基于游戏的教育逐渐成为改变青少年健康行为的重要工具。
本研究旨在评估一款基于游戏的艾滋病教育项目“艾滋病战士·健康防御”，以提高青少年预防艾滋病的能力。该项目是一项随机对照试验的方案。在四周的干预期间，参与者将接受：1）病毒对抗游戏；2）设定消除 HIV 的目标；3）回答问题以在游戏中复活；4）积分排名；5）认可和奖励。主要结局包括干预四周后参与者与艾滋病相关的知识、污名态度和风险行为态度的变化。次要结局是参与者在干预后三个月和六个月的艾滋病相关风险行为。
“艾滋病战士·健康防御”可能是一种创新的方法，可以帮助青少年提高艾滋病预防能力，填补中国基于游戏的艾滋病预防教育的空白，并获得艾滋病管理经验。
中国临床试验注册中心：ChiCTR2000040195。注册于 2020 年 11 月 25 日。
