A systematic literature review of the impacts of digital games designed for older adults

Findings

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Evidence Summary
Supporting technical documents that are social systems-relevant

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Scientific Abstract

Publisher

Recency, quality and context of the findings

Last year literature searched

2018
Year Published

2019
Quality Rating

2/9 (AMSTAR rating from McMaster Health Forum)
Countries in which studies (included in the synthesis) were conducted

USA (14); Switzerland (8); Australia (7); Brazil (4); Canada (4); Germany (4); France (3); Japan (3); Korea - South (3); Netherlands (3); Ireland (2); Not reported (2); Spain (2); UK (England) (2); Finland (1); Greece (1); Israel (1); Malaysia (1); Norway (1); Singapore (1); Sweden (1); Taiwan (1); UK (1)
Global/regional focus

WHO - Americas region<br />WHO - European region<br />WHO - Western Pacific region<br />
Country focus

USA (14); Switzerland (8); Australia (7); Brazil (4); Canada (4); Germany (4); France (3); Japan (3); Korea - South (3); Netherlands (3); Ireland (2); Not reported (2); Spain (2); UK (England) (2); Finland (1); Greece (1); Israel (1); Malaysia (1); Norway (1); Singapore (1); Sweden (1); Taiwan (1); UK (1)
Low - and middle-income country (LMIC) focus

At least one included study was conducted in a low- or middle-income country

Additional details about the research

Type of document

Systematic review addressing other questions
Type of question

Not effectiveness
Focus

Specific
Target

Individual
Family/household
Community
System
Domain

Programs and services
Recreation
Promotion of recreation
Sustainable Development Goals
3. Good health and well-being (partially covered)
17. Partnerships for the goals
Social system topic(s)

Implementation strategies
Citizen-targeted strategy
Information or education provision
Behaviour change support
Skills and competencies development
Theme

Optimal aging

Publication details

Citation

Wang YL, Hou HT, Tsai CC. A systematic literature review of the impacts of digital games designed for older adults. Educational Gerontology. 2019;46(1):1-17.
DOI

10.1080/03601277.2019.1694448

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