Kevin Berner, Mary O'Donnell, Jessica Bell, Jillian C Salis
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Digital gaming is a popular leisure occupation for people across the lifespan. Occupational therapy practitioners should understand the meaning and purpose of digital gaming for people with disabilities. This scoping review explores peer-reviewed literature investigating the meaning and purpose of digital gaming for people with disabilities. A structured search of the literature (2006-2023) was performed with four databases following the JBI Guidance for Scoping Reviews. Three independent reviewers completed article screening, selection, and extraction using a scoping review approach. Forty-eight included articles covered a range of diagnoses, settings, contexts, and outcomes. Studies explored exergaming as a therapeutic tool, outcomes of virtual reality gaming, digital gaming for cognitive retraining and the experience of disabled gamers. Limited studies examined meaning and purpose as a primary outcome. Future research around outcomes of meaning and purpose could contribute to knowledge and skills to support gaming as an occupation.
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The aim of OTJR: Occupation, Participation and Health is to advance knowledge and science in occupational therapy and related fields, nationally and internationally, through the publication of scholarly literature and research. The journal publishes research that advances the understanding of occupation as it relates to participation and health.
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