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

IF 6.1 3区 医学 Q1 ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM
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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.

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治疗糖尿病的严肃数字游戏:对其现状、可访问性以及为患者和医疗服务提供者提供的功能进行范围审查。
全球糖尿病发病率的上升给医疗保健提供者带来了巨大挑战,激发了人们对教育游戏等数字干预措施的兴趣。然而,研究开发的糖尿病游戏的影响和可用性仍不确定。本范围界定综述旨在全面概述糖尿病严肃游戏,包括其可用性、特点和对健康的影响。通过在多个数据库中进行电子检索,共有 21 篇涉及 23 款游戏的文章被纳入文献综述。尽管这些游戏对糖尿病管理的各个方面(包括知识、体育锻炼、自我管理、心理健康和 HbA1c 水平)产生了积极影响,但大多数游戏在研究环境之外无法获得。大多数游戏都是为手机设计的,针对儿童和成人。在随后的应用商店搜索中又发现了 13 款糖尿病游戏,但其中几乎没有一款(7.7%)经过研究审查,因此其预期效果并不确定。以证据为基础的游戏与应用商店中的游戏之间的差距凸显了弥合这一差距的必要性,以确保在全球范围内提供用于糖尿病管理的有效数字游戏。
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Diabetes research and clinical practice
Diabetes research and clinical practice 医学-内分泌学与代谢
CiteScore
10.30
自引率
3.90%
发文量
862
审稿时长
32 days
期刊介绍: Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice is an international journal for health-care providers and clinically oriented researchers that publishes high-quality original research articles and expert reviews in diabetes and related areas. The role of the journal is to provide a venue for dissemination of knowledge and discussion of topics related to diabetes clinical research and patient care. Topics of focus include translational science, genetics, immunology, nutrition, psychosocial research, epidemiology, prevention, socio-economic research, complications, new treatments, technologies and therapy.
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