Therapeutic use of serious games in mental health: scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There has been an increase in the development and application of serious games to support management of mental ill health, but their full impact is unclear.

Aims

Evaluation of the current evidence of acceptability and effectiveness of serious games in improving mental health disorders.

Method

A PRISMA-guided scoping review was conducted, using a predefined criteria and a relevant word combination on three databases: EMBASE, Medline and PsycINFO. Each included study was examined for game format, study type, number of participants, basic demographics, disorder targeted, recruitment, setting, control conditions, duration and follow-up, study attrition, primary outcomes and their results. Each study was given a Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Developmen

SUBMITTER: Dewhirst A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8867878 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature