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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2026 Apr 15.
Published in final edited form as: Proc SIGCHI Conf Hum Factor Comput Syst. 2025 Apr 25;2025:374. doi: 10.1145/3706598.3713588

Table 2:

A table of the core features available on SuperBetter (SB) and Provider Resilience (PR), respectively.

SuperBetter Provider Resilience
Challenges Sets of at least 5 daily subsets of “Power-Ups”, “Bad Guys”, “Quest”, and “Ally” activities that focus on SB’s 4 dimensions of health (mental, emotional, social, or physical health “Days Until Vacation” Counter User can input the start date of their next vacation and the interface will provide a countdown of days until their vacation
Power-Ups Suggestions for brief activities meant to evoke positive thoughts and feelings (e.g., watch a funny video) Podcasts Four guided meditation podcasts from the Military Health Podcast Network’s Military Medication Coach Series
Bad Guys Prompt for addressing and overcoming challenges or negative emotions and experiences Builders & Breakers Same daily check-in questions that assess activities or behaviors that promote or reduce resilience (e.g., getting enough sleep, eating lunch alone at desk)
Quests Suggestion to complete a specific task within the next 24 hours that will result in a positive outcome “Inspire Me” Quotes Quotes from famous historical figures accompanied by a picture of nature; ability to add own quotes (PR will randomly generate a picture of nature with the quote)
Ally Check-Ins Activity that encourages user to check in with another person; provides a prompt to guide check-in Physical Exercises 10 physical exercise instructions with accompanying images
Resilience Score Completing activities adds to the score. Visual includes a total numeric score and percentage with a breakdown of points for the 4 dimensions of health Resilience Rating Single number counting user’s interaction with PR’s features and completing assessments
Skill Badges Rewards that are displayed on the user’s homepage when completing a Challenge Breathing Exercise 5 minute guided breathing exercise with audio and an animated circle; inhale time can be adjusted and exercise can be paused
“How Gameful Are You?” Quiz Non-clinical assessment of SB’s 4 dimensions of health; can be taken multiple times and visualized by a line graph Assessments Clinical assessments (Oldenburg Inventory and the Professional Quality of Life Scale) which PR only allows users to fill out every 30 days
Reflections Open-ended journal entry interface; no prompts provided but accessible as an icon accompanying each activity Journal Open-ended journal entry interface; no prompts provided.
Account Creation and “Secret Identity” Ability to make an account with email or SSO via Google or Facebook; profile customization (e.g., username and profile picture) Account Creation No email required; username and 6-digit PIN for log-in; no user profile or customization beyond username display
“Science Behind” Plain-language explanations of each feature of SB
Squad Play* Option to view other players’ progress when participating in the same challenge as the user
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Squad Play and user-to-user engagement was a core feature of SB that was not available when this study was conducted.