NCT07162220

The Effect of a Mobile Game Application on Children With CRF

The Effect of a Mobile Game Application Developed for Children With Chronic Renal Failure on Disease Management

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 68 (actual)
• Sponsor: Akdeniz University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 11 Years – 14 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of a mobile game application developed for children with Chronic Renal Failure (CRF) on disease management. The study was a randomized controlled trial. The study sample consisted of 68 children diagnosed with CRF, including the Mobile application (n:34) and Control group (n:34). In the study, a mobile game was developed for children diagnosed with CRF aged 11-14 years. Data Collection Form, Clinical Parameters Follow-up Form, Information Form on Chronic Renal Failure, Healthy Lifestyle Belief Scale for Adolescents, Child's Attitude Toward His/her Disease Scale and Mobile Application Usability Scale were used to collect the data.

Conditions

• Child, Only
• Chronic Renal Failure in Children
• Gambling
• Disease
• Management

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	The clinic's routine education program	As part of the clinic's routine education program, information about kidney function, CKD, nutrition, exercise, medications, and stress management is provided verbally by a nephrology clinic nurse in approximately 20 minutes.
DEVICE	Mobile game app	The mobile game software developed for patients with chronic renal failure contains information for children on daily life activities such as nutrition, exercise, personal hygiene, etc.

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-05-01
• Primary completion: 2025-03-24
• Completion: 2025-05-01
• First posted: 2025-09-09
• Last updated: 2025-09-09

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)