ReviewBioPsychoSocial medicine2019
The effectiveness of intervention with board games: a systematic review.
Review in BioPsychoSocial medicine, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06047769 (Effects of Board Games on Balance in Association With Cognition in Community-Dwelling Elderly.), which is not on this map. Cited by 23 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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The trial behind it
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Effects of Board Games on Balance in Association With Cognition in Community-Dwelling Elderly.
Who cites it
23 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 157 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Youth-Elder Co-Learning Model in Psychiatric Long-Term Care Education: Mixed Methods Evaluation of Communication and Empathy Outcomes.JMIR medical education · 2026Article
- RheumQuest: A Gamified Approach to Musculoskeletal Education.MedEdPORTAL : the journal of teaching and learning resources · 2026Article
- Effects of a Board Game on Tic Management and Psychosocial Functioning in Adolescents With Tourette Syndrome: Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR serious games · 2025Article
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- Intergenerational Board Games Among Older Adults and School-Aged Children, Through the Lens of Shared Pro-Social Behaviors and Positive Affect.Scandinavian journal of psychology · 2025Observational
- Close to the Comfort Zone: Stakeholders' Perspectives on Implementing Leisure Activities in Dementia and Eldercare.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Are board games useful for people with dementia? A preliminary study for a non-pharmacological intervention.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Enhancing student engagement with introductory microbiology and immunology topics using a novel board game.Journal of microbiology & biology education · 2024Article
- Pilot Testing and Validation of an Educational Game on Transportation Challenges for Mobility Device Users.Disabilities (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Engineering and Technological Advancements in Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS): A Five-Year Review.Brain sciences · 2024Review
- Development and Validation of a Game for Older Adults on Lifestyles and Frailty.Nursing reports (Pavia, Italy) · 2024Article
- Effectiveness of Comprehensive Intervention Programme on Quality of life, fatigue, self-efficacy, and psychosocial distress among head and neck cancer patients receiving radiotherapy.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2024Article
- Digital Gamification Tools to Enhance Vaccine Uptake: Scoping Review.JMIR serious games · 2024Article
- A Scoping Review of Tabletop Role-Playing Game (TTRPG) as Psychological Intervention: Potential Benefits and Future Directions.Psychology research and behavior management · 2024Article
- Boardgames as an innovative approach to promote life skills and well-being among inmates: A scoping review protocol.PloS one · 2024Article
- Evaluation of the decision-making process within the table-top exercise of the Terror and Disaster Surgical Care (TDSCEuropean journal of trauma and emergency surgery : official publication of the European Trauma Society · 2023Article
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- Impact of organized activities on mental health in children and adolescents: An umbrella review.Preventive medicine reports · 2022Review
- The behavioral effects of cooperative and competitive board games in preschoolers.Scandinavian journal of psychology · 2021Article
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Abstract
To examine the effectiveness of board games and programs that use board games, the present study conducted a systematic review using the PsycINFO and PubMed databases with the keywords "board game" AND "trial;" in total, 71 studies were identified. Of these 71 studies, 27 satisfied the inclusion criteria in terms of program content, intervention style, and pre-post comparisons and were subsequently reviewed. These 27 studies were divided into the following three categories regarding the effects of board games and programs that use board games: educational knowledge (11 articles), cognitive functions (11 articles), and other conditions (five articles). The effect sizes between pre- and post-tests or pre-tests and follow-up tests were 0.12-1.81 for educational knowledge, 0.04-2.60 and - 1.14 - - 0.02 for cognitive functions, 0.06-0.65 for physical activity, and - 0.87 - - 0.61 for symptoms of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). The present findings showed that, as a tool, board games can be expected to improve the understanding of knowledge, enhance interpersonal interactions among participants, and increase the motivation of participants. However, because the number of published studies in this area remains limited, the possibility of using board games as treatment for clinical symptoms requires further discussion.
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