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SynthesisAmerican journal of preventive medicine2020

Impact of Pokémon Go on Physical Activity: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Madina Khamzina, Kaustubh V Parab, Ruopeng An, Tiffany Bullard, Diana S Grigsby-Toussaint

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Synthesis in American journal of preventive medicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 34 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

34 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Madina KhamzinaDepartment of Kinesiology and Community Health, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, Illinois. Electronic address: madinak2@illinois.edu.
Kaustubh V ParabDepartment of Kinesiology and Community Health, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, Illinois.
Ruopeng AnDepartment of Kinesiology and Community Health, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, Illinois; Brown School, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri.
Tiffany BullardDepartment of Kinesiology and Community Health, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, Illinois.
Diana S Grigsby-ToussaintSchool of Public Health, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

contextPokémon Go is a popular mobile augmented reality game that requires players to travel to different locations to capture virtual characters. This study systematically reviews and quantifies Pokémon Go in relation to physical activity engagement among players. EVIDENCE ACQUISITION: A keyword search was conducted in PubMed, Web of Science, Scopus, EBSCO, SPORTDiscus, PsycINFO, ScienceDirect, and Cochrane Library for articles published between July 2016 and October 2018. Meta-analysis was performed to estimate the pooled effect of playing Pokémon Go on physical activity outcome. EVIDENCE SYNTHESIS: From the keyword search, 17 studies (16 observational and 1 pre-post) were identified, with a total sample of 33,108 participants. A comparison between Pokémon Go players and nonplayers and between pre- and post-play time points revealed an increase in walking duration, distance walked, and number of steps/day. Pokémon Go players were also found to engage in less sedentary behavior. Playing Pokémon Go was associated with an increase in the number of steps per day by 1,446 steps (95% CI=953, 1,939; I

conclusionsPlaying Pokémon Go was associated with a statistically significant but clinically modest increase in the number of daily steps taken among game players. One challenge for future physical activity interventions using Pokémon Go is to retain active engagement once the initial novelty wears off. Additional studies with longer follow-up periods and experimental study design are needed to assess to what extent Pokémon Go and other augmented reality games can be used to promote physical activity at the population level for a sustained time period.

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PMID31836333

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