SOFTWARE PRODUCT USING GAMING PROTOCOLS AND TECHNOLOGY TO HELP PEOPLE DEAL WITH CHRONIC CONDITIONS

摘要

A software product using gaming protocols and technology to help people deal with chronic conditions is described herein comprising four modules. The first module presents a therapeutic component to teach condition management skills. The second module presents a query component to assess various conditions. The third module presents an activities component to determine progress towards learning condition management skills. The fourth module presents a progression module to track that progress. Progress reports detailing the user's progress may be provided.

主权项

1. A computer-implemented method for treating one or more related conditions associated with a chronic medical condition, comprising:
under the control of one or more computer systems configured with executable instructions,
selecting one or more stress-inducing circumstances associated with the one or more related conditions, the one or more stress-inducing circumstances selected from a set of stress-inducing circumstances, the set of stress-inducing circumstances based at least in part on the chronic medical condition;configuring an avatar with a set of behaviors based at least in part on the one or more related conditions;configuring the avatar with a set of goals based at least in part on the one or more stress-inducing circumstances;presenting a therapeutic module configured to teach one or more chronic condition management skills using one or more behaviors of the set of behaviors of the avatar, the one or more chronic condition management skills based at least in part on the one or more stress-inducing circumstances;presenting a query module configured to provide a set of questions using the avatar, the set of questions based at least in part on the one or more stress-inducing circumstances associated with the chronic condition, the set of questions further based at least in part on one or more goals of the set of goals of the avatar;presenting an activity module configured to provide one or more activities using the avatar, the one or more activities selected from a set of activities based at least in part on the chronic medical condition, the one or more activities specifying one or more activity metrics associated with the chronic medical condition, the one or activity metrics configured based at least in part on one or more responses to the set of questions;presenting a progression module configured to measure one or more progression metrics using the avatar, the one or more progression metrics based at least in part on the one or more activity metrics; andproviding a progress report, the progress report based at least in part on one or more of the one or more chronic condition management skills.