SynthesisFrontiers in public health2022
Application of Serious Games in Health Care: Scoping Review and Bibliometric Analysis.
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15 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Effectiveness of Digital Serious Games on Knowledge and Attitudes in Public Health Education: Systematic Review and Bayesian Network Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.Journal of medical Internet research · 2026Pooled it
- Enhancing Extended Reality Technology for Neuromusculoskeletal Rehabilitation: Recommendations for the Development of Clinically Relevant Serious Games.Journal of personalized medicine · 2026Article
- Global scientific production on gamification in medical education: A bibliometric exploration.Journal of education and health promotion · 2026Article
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- Exploring Health Educational Interventions for Children With Congenital Heart Disease: Scoping Review.JMIR pediatrics and parenting · 2025Review
- Assessment of cognitive function in patients with schizophrenia based on virtual reality serious games: a prospective nonrandomized clinical trial.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
- Effects of Electronic Serious Games on Older Adults With Alzheimer's Disease and Mild Cognitive Impairment: Systematic Review With Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.JMIR serious games · 2024Review
- Investigating the Use of Serious Games for Cancer Control Among Children and Adolescents: Scoping Review.JMIR serious games · 2024Article
- Integrating Serious Games into the Medical Curriculum: Recognizing Challenges and Exploring Remedies.Journal of pharmacy & bioallied sciences · 2024Article
- Serious Games in Medical Education: What it Adds? How to Go about It?Journal of pharmacy & bioallied sciences · 2024Article
- A scoping review on the methodological and reporting quality of scoping reviews in China.BMC medical research methodology · 2024Article
- The Role of AI in Serious Games and Gamification for Health: Scoping Review.JMIR serious games · 2024Article
- Serious Game for the Screening of Central Auditory Processing Disorder in School-Age Children: Development and Validation Study.JMIR serious games · 2023Article
- Editorial: Digital interventions and serious mobile games for health in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- Poo Manager: Co-Designing a Serious Computer Game to Improve Constipation Management Awareness in Carers of People With Intellectual Disabilities.Healthcare technology lettersArticle
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Abstract
Background: Serious games (SGs) as one kind of intervention that can improve the level of knowledge and change behavior to affect health outcomes has been increasingly applied in health care. Objective: Analyze hotspots and trends of the application of SGs in health care and provide reference and direction for further research in the future. Methods: The Web of Science (WoS) Core Collection database was used for extracting the literature on SGs in health care for the period from the database established to 11 October, 2021. Scoping review and bibliometric analysis were used to deeply analyze and visualize countries, categories of studies, annual study output, cited authors, cited journals, cited articles, and keywords of healthcare field. Results: A total of 1,322 articles were retrieved, then every articles' title and abstract were read one by one, and 795 articles were included after screening with an exponential increase in publication volume. The United States of America made the greatest contribution to global publications regarding SGs in health care. From the total, 20.8% of articles fall under the category of health care sciences services. The target groups were mainly concentrated in children (18.0%), youth (13.8%), the elderly (10.9%), adolescents (9.1%), and adults (3.4%). Baranowski T ( Conclusions: The application of SGs in health care remains important areas for future research. "Rehabilitation," "medical education," and "design" reflected the latest research hotpots and future trends.
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