Serious digital games for diabetes Mellitus: A scoping review of its current State, Accessibility, and functionality for patients and healthcare providers.

Autor: Reinders EFH; Máxima MC, Department of Internal Medicine, Eindhoven/Veldhoven, the Netherlands; Maastricht University, CAPHRI School for Public Health and Primary Care, Ageing and Long-Term Care, Maastricht, the Netherlands; Department of Biomedical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, the Netherlands. Electronic address: edouard.reinders@mmc.nl., de Vries R; Department of Biomedical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, the Netherlands., Wouters-van Poppel PCM; Máxima MC, Department of Internal Medicine, Eindhoven/Veldhoven, the Netherlands., Van Riel NAW; Department of Biomedical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, the Netherlands., Haak HR; Máxima MC, Department of Internal Medicine, Eindhoven/Veldhoven, the Netherlands; Maastricht University, CAPHRI School for Public Health and Primary Care, Ageing and Long-Term Care, Maastricht, the Netherlands; Department of Internal Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, Maastricht University Medical Centre+, Maastricht, the Netherlands.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Diabetes research and clinical practice [Diabetes Res Clin Pract] 2024 Oct; Vol. 216, pp. 111833. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Aug 22.
DOI: 10.1016/j.diabres.2024.111833
Abstrakt: The global rise in diabetes prevalence poses a significant challenge to healthcare providers, stimulating interest in digital interventions such as educational games. However, the impact and availability of research-developed diabetes games remain uncertain. This scoping review aimed to provide a comprehensive overview of serious games for diabetes, encompassing their availability, characteristics and health effects. Through an electronic search in multiple databases, a total of 21 articles addressing 23 games were included in the literature review. The majority of these games were inaccessible outside of research settings, despite demonstrating positive effects on various aspects of diabetes management, including knowledge, physical activity, self-management, mental well-being, and HbA1c levels. Most games were designed for mobile phones, targeting both children and adults. A subsequent app store search revealed 13 additional diabetes games, however nearly none (7.7%) of these underwent research scrutiny, leaving their expected effects uncertain. The disparity between evidence-based games and those available in app stores underscores the need for bridging this gap to ensure the availability of effective digital games for diabetes management worldwide.
Competing Interests: Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
(Copyright © 2024 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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