ArticleJMIR serious games2022
Identifying Video Game Preferences Among Adults Interested in Quitting Smoking Cigarettes: Survey Study.
Article in JMIR serious games, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03929003 (Breathe Free), which is not on this map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Breathe Free: Smartphone Videogame-Based Incentives for Smoking Cessation
Who cites it
5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- The tangled ways to classify games: A systematic review of how games are classified in psychological research.PloS one · 2024Pooled it
- Evaluating the Impact of a Game (Inner Dragon) on User Engagement Within a Leading Smartphone App for Smoking Cessation: Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2024Trial
- Theory-based strategies to enhance interventions for smoking: Relevance to a digital intervention.Behaviour research and therapy · 2025Review
- Feasibility and Acceptability of a Mobile Game to Support Smoking Cessation: Repeated Measures Study.JMIR serious games · 2024Article
- Developing a Game (Inner Dragon) Within a Leading Smartphone App for Smoking Cessation: Design and Feasibility Evaluation Study.JMIR serious games · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundSmoking 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.
objectiveTo better inform treatment development, this study aims to evaluate video game genre preferences among treatment-seeking individuals who smoke (N=473).
methodsParticipants responded to a screening survey to enroll in a larger, serious game intervention for smoking cessation. During this screening survey, participants were asked to disclose their favorite video games, which resulted in 277 unique game titles. These titles were coded for genre categories based on publisher listings and game features. The genres were then analyzed for the frequency of reporting overall and across age groups.
resultsAction, Role-Playing, and Action-Adventure were the most reported genres among adults aged ≤34 years; Action, Action-Adventure, and Logic were the most reported genres among adults aged 35-44 years; and Logic and Action were the most reported genres among adults aged ≥45 years.
conclusionsThese data indicate that treatment-seeking individuals who smoke have different game preferences across age groups, and the data provide novel information to inform the development of future serious games targeting the smoking population that are tailored to the preferences of their age group.
trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov NCT03929003; https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03929003.
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