Mapping Behavioral Health Serious Game Interventions for Adults With Chronic Illness: Scoping Review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Serious games for health are increasingly being used to address health outcomes in patients with chronic illnesses. These studies vary in their study designs, patient populations, frameworks, outcome variables, and degree of specificity of the serious game intervention.

Objective

This scoping review aims to clarify the conceptual features of the existing research related to serious games designed to improve cognitive and behavioral outcomes in adults with chronic illness.

Methods

We applied the Preferred Reporting Items of Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis for scoping reviews (PRISMA-ScR) methodology, including an a priori research question. We searched 4 electronic databases to identify articles published through November 2019. Inclusion criteria encomp

SUBMITTER: Thomas TH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7426803 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature