Co-Creation Workshops With MaKey MaKey to Promote Participation Among People With Mental Health Conditions

Summary

This pilot study aims to design, implement, and conduct an initial evaluation of a group-based co-creation workshop program using MaKey MaKey and Scratch for adults attending a mental health day hospital. The program will use low-cost creative technologies as tools to promote social participation, motivation, and empowerment through cooperative experiences adapted to participants' interests, abilities, and needs.

The intervention will consist of six weekly sessions lasting approximately 90 minutes each, with the possibility of two additional sessions to complete and present the projects developed. Participants will collaborate in the design of musical activities, cooperative games, interactive narratives, or other creative projects.

Assessments will be conducted before and after the intervention, and information will be collected on attendance, participation, usability, incidents, support needs, and adaptations. The feasibility and acceptability of the program, as well as participants' experiences, will also be explored to inform its improvement and potential future implementation in other mental health services.

Conditions

• Mental Disorders
• Social Participation
• Empowerment
• Motivation

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

MaKey MaKey and Scratch Co-Creation Workshop Program

The intervention is a group-based co-creation program delivered in a mental health day hospital. It will comprise six weekly sessions of approximately 90 minutes each, with up to two optional additional sessions. During the program, participants will become familiar with MaKey MaKey and Scratch, identify individual and shared interests, propose ideas, design tangible interfaces, perform basic block-based programming, test the projects, solve problems, and progressively refine the activities created. Projects may include musical activities, cooperative games, interactive narratives, visual experiences, or other creative proposals selected by the group. The workshops will use a participatory and cooperative approach. Support and adaptations may include brief and sequenced instructions, flexible allocation of roles, individual assistance, pauses, adjustment of task difficulty, and reduction of environmental stimuli when necessary.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• TALIONIS research group

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Center on Information and Communication Technologies

  collaborator OTHER

• Day Hospital at Ferrol Naval Hospital

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Universidade da Coruña

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Patricia Concheiro-Moscoso, PhD · CITIC-TALIONIS research group, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universidade da Coruña.

• Nuria García Gonzalo, Occupational Therapist · Day Hospital at the Ferrol Naval Hospital. TALIONIS research group, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universidade da Coruña

• Javier Pereira, PhD · CITIC-TALIONIS research group, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universidade da Coruña.

• Betania Groba, PhD · CITIC-TALIONIS research group, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universidade da Coruña.

Study Design

Allocation

NA

Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

NONE

Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2026-09-02

Primary Completion

2026-10-30

Completion

2026-10-30