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Anxiety and loneliness are prevalent psychological issues faced by older adults. To tackle these concerns, group reminiscence therapy has been widely recognized as an effective non-pharmacological form of intervention. Despite its proven efficacy, the implementation of this therapy normally requires professional guidance, limiting its accessibility to specialized institutions such as hospitals. In this study, the objective is to empirically validate the effectiveness of a reminiscence therapy-based hybrid board game, , in reducing anxiety and loneliness among older adults. We conducted a 12-day randomized controlled study. A total of 38 elderly participants aged between 61 and 75 were recruited. They were randomly assigned to an experimental group (consisting of 20 individuals) and a control group (consisting of 18 individuals). Participants in the experimental group were required to engage in three sessions of the hybrid board game intervention, with a 5-day interval between each session. No intervention was administered to participants in the control group. The results found that after 3 sessions of board game-based reminiscence therapy, 20 participants in the experimental group showed significant reductions in anxiety levels (the State Anxiety subscale of State-Trait Anxiety Inventory [STAI-S] average scores decreased from 43.83 to 41.05, = 0.000, the Trait Anxiety subscale State-Trait Anxiety Inventory [STAI-T] average scores decreased from 46.72 to 43.61, = 0.030) and loneliness levels (UCLA Loneliness Scale [UCLA] average scores decreased from 39.11 to 36.11, = 0.002). In addition, participants reported high scores of usability (3.77/5) and user experience (4.08/5). These results demonstrate that the hybrid board game can effectively reduce older adults' feelings of anxiety and loneliness while providing a satisfactory user experience, motivating them to participate in group reminiscence therapy.
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