Identifying Video Game Preferences Among Adults Interested in Quitting Smoking Cigarettes: Survey Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Smoking is the most prevalent cause of morbidity and mortality in the United States. Although most individuals who smoke express a desire to quit smoking, only a small percentage are successful. Serious games have become popular in health sectors as a potential avenue for delivering a scalable treatment that is both accessible and engaging for the smoking population. Several smoking cessation games have already been developed, but these games feature a broad range of gameplay elements and are not necessarily based on existing video game preferences in the general or smoking population.

Objective

To better inform treatment development, this study aims to evaluate video game genre preferences among treatment-seeking individuals who smoke (N=473).

Methods

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SUBMITTER: Upton CR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8990339 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature