626 Giochiamo: Giochiamo 626 - Gaming for Health and Security in Workerplaces
Study Details
Study Description
Brief Summary
The aim of the "626 Giochiamo" project is to realise and evaluate the effectiveness of a training course involving the use of games, which helps to convey the basic principles of health and safety in the workplace.
Condition or Disease | Intervention/Treatment | Phase |
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N/A |
Detailed Description
The seminar on health and safety in the workplace and basic principles will be presented to the recruited workers. At the end of the intervention they will be divided into two groups: the control group and the intervention group. The intervention group will be involved in a meeting dedicated to games in three different types, board, card and role-playing games.
A questionnaire on occupational health and safety knowledge will be administered to all study participants before the seminar (T=0), after the seminar (T=1) and after the intervention group has played (T=2).
Study Design
Arms and Interventions
Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
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Experimental: Intervention gruop Partecipant will participate in playful encounters |
Other: GiochiAMO a 626
The subjects of the intervention group will play three different games: a role-playing game, a card game and a board game.
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No Intervention: Control group Subjects will not partecipate in the games |
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcome Measures
- The percentage of knowledge increased as a result of participation in the games [Participants are assessed by means of a questionnaire administered at the beginning of the trial (t=0), one day after the seminar (t=1) and after one month (t=2).]
Effectiveness is understood as acquiring and increasing knowledge of key concepts on safety in the workplace, the roles of key persons who can influence health and safety, and the tools available for evaluation and monitoring.
Eligibility Criteria
Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
Exclusion Criteria:
- No worker
Contacts and Locations
Locations
No locations specified.Sponsors and Collaborators
- Universitas Mercatorum
- University of Roma La Sapienza
Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Alice Mannocci, Universitas Mercatorum
Study Documents (Full-Text)
None provided.More Information
Publications
- Cocchiara RA, Sestili C, Di Bella O, Backhaus I, Sinopoli A, D'Egidio V, Lia L, Saulle R, Mannocci A, La Torre G. "GiochiAMO," a Gaming Intervention to Prevent Smoking and Alcohol Habits Among Children: A Single-Arm Field Trial. Games Health J. 2020 Apr;9(2):113-120. doi: 10.1089/g4h.2019.0125. Epub 2019 Nov 26.
- D'Egidio V, Lia L, Sinopoli A, Backhaus I, Mannocci A, Saulle R, Sestili C, Cocchiara R, Di Bella O, Yordanov T, Mazzacane M, La Torre G. Results of the Italian project 'GiochiAMO' to improve nutrition and PA among children. J Public Health (Oxf). 2021 Jun 7;43(2):405-412. doi: 10.1093/pubmed/fdz129.
- La Torre G, D'Egidio V, Sestili C, Cocchiara RA, Cianfanelli S, Di Bella O, Lia L, Dorelli B, Cammalleri V, Backhaus I, Pagano F, Anguissola C, Vitiello A, Carsetti R, Mannocci A, Giochiamo Collaborative Group. ImmunizziAMO: A School-Based Field Trial to Teach New Generations the Importance of Vaccination through Games and to Fight Vaccine Hesitancy in Italy. Vaccines (Basel). 2020 Jun 5;8(2):280. doi: 10.3390/vaccines8020280.
- La Torre G, Mannocci A, Saulle R, Sinopoli A, D'Egidio V, Sestili C, Manfuso R, Masala D. [GiochiAMO! The protocol of a school based intervention for the promotion of physical activity and nutrition among children]. Clin Ter. 2016 Sep-Oct;167(5):152-155. doi: 10.7417/CT.2016.1947. Italian.
- La Torre G, Mannocci A, Saulle R, Sinopoli A, D'Egidio V, Sestili C, Manfuso R, Masala D. Improving knowledge and behaviors on diet and physical activity in children: results of a pilot randomized field trial. Ann Ig. 2017 Nov-Dec;29(6):584-594. doi: 10.7416/ai.2017.2187.
- La Torre G, Sinopoli A, Sestili C, D'Egidio V, Di Bella O, Cocchiara RA, Sciarra I, Saulle R, Backhaus I, Mannocci A. "GiochiAMO": a school-based smoking and alcohol prevention program for children - a pilot randomized field trial. Part 2. Ann Ig. 2018 Jul-Aug;30(4):273-284. doi: 10.7416/ai.2018.2219.
- 6-FIN/RIC2023