Impact of Serious Games on Health and Well-being of Elderly: A Systematic Review

Nguyen, Thi Thanh Hai; Ishmatova, Diana; Tapanainen, Tommi; Liukkonen, Tapani N.; Katajapuu, Niina; Mäkilä, Tuomas; Luimula, Mika

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“…In particular, participants' outcomes indicated an overall improvement in well-being levels from the beginning until the end of the intervention, between the first and fifth evaluation, while an initial improvement was already observed between the first and the second evaluation of older adults ageing 71 and higher [7,16]. This improvement is possibly related to the exploitation of new technologies and serious games, which contribute to increasing aspects of quality of life, and, in particular, they have a positive effect on participants' proactivity in their daily lives [17]. The results also seem to have a connection between the age of the examined population and the effect of experiencing events, which is associated with intrusive emotions and thoughts.…”

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Health and Social Care During Coronavirus Outbreak: The Exploitation of Long Lasting Memories – LLM Care

Romanopoulou

Zilidou

Gylou

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Studies in Health Technology and Informatics

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The Covid-19 pandemic has globally introduced a new crisis with severe consequences and led to a series of pandemic-related containment measures, including social distancing and self-isolation may cause significant impact on mental health. This study describes a social care initiative that was actualized during the Covid-19 outbreak with regard to the potential benefits in older adults’ quality of life through the use of the Integrated Healthcare System Long Lasting Memories Care (LLM Care), and specifically the web-based cognitive training software. Online questionnaires, assessing various psychosocial and mental health domains, were distributed to 28 older adults before and after the interaction with the software aiming at evaluating the potential positive effect and usability of cognitive training software. Overall, the study demonstrates that the interaction with the web-based cognitive training software during the pandemic plays a significant role in maintaining mental health among older people, through improvements in well-being.

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Health and Social Care During Coronavirus Outbreak: The Exploitation of Long Lasting Memories – LLM Care

Romanopoulou

Zilidou

Gylou

et al. 2021

Studies in Health Technology and Informatics

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“…Exergaming has been limitedly studied among older adults. Whilst there are numerous studies conducted with older adults as participants, they have mostly been related to physical and wellness aspects, balance and falls prevention, or rehabilitation (Nguyen et al, 2017), with only a few touching the subject of user experience (e.g., Loos, 2017;Pyae et al, 2016). Overall, the related findings have been promising.…”

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“…Overall, the related findings have been promising. For example, the systematic review by Nguyen et al (2017) concluded that 75% of the reviewed papers found games to have positive impacts on the well-being of the elderly. Stanmore et al (2019) conducted an exergaming intervention for people aged 55 years and older and concluded that exergames may be used to improve balance, reduce pain and the fear of falling, and are a cost-effective fall prevention strategy in assisted living facilities.…”

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Exergaming Experiences of Older Adults:A Critical Incident Study

Kari¹

2019

Humanizing Technology for a Sustainable Society

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Exergaming is a form of digital gaming requiring physical effort from the player. There has been a growing interest towards exergaming in academia. However, only a very limited number of exergaming studies have given a voice to older adults and investigated their experiences. This study investigates what kinds of exergaming experiences are perceived as the most meaningful ones among older adults (referred in this study as people over 50 years of age). That is, the experiences which they perceive or remember as "unusually positive or negative". To meet this purpose, this study takes a qualitative approach and uses the critical incident technique, a well-established technique to collect and classify observations of human behavior. The findings suggest that for older adults, the most meaningful positive experiences of exergaming are more due to hedonic and social aspects than utilitarian aspects, although also utilitarian physical activity benefits are valued. The most meaningful negative experiences are due to issues with technology/game or personal physical limitations. Based on the findings, practical implications are also presented.

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“…Initial teacher feedback was very positive and supportive of the research direction [11]. On the other hand, use of digital games as a tool for health improvements in elderly population [12] has proven to have beneficial effects especially on their cognitive health although seniors might show lack of initial motivation in performing such tasks.…”

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Game-Based Learning in Museums—Cultural Heritage Applications

Ćosović

Brkić

2019

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As traditional museums migrate to the virtual world, they offer wider access to the exhibit collections but often fail to present content of those collections in more engaging way. Game-based learning is one of the solutions to mitigate this inevitable transition and support active learning in the process. It is increasingly gaining interest from the cultural heritage scientific community for the purpose of promoting cultural heritage, raising awareness of its importance and motivating users to visit cultural institutions such as museums more often. There are numerous examples of serious games that are based on or contain heritage content. Tangible cultural heritage is more represented in the virtual worlds and mainly based on applications of 3D technology. Recently, intangible cultural heritage is gaining more visibility within cultural heritage scope as a domain in which game-based learning could assist in its preservation. This paper attempts to address pros and cons of game-based learning in general and reflect on the choices of using serious games in the museum environment.

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Impact of Serious Games on Health and Well-being of Elderly: A Systematic Review

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Cited by 48 publications

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Health and Social Care During Coronavirus Outbreak: The Exploitation of Long Lasting Memories – LLM Care

Health and Social Care During Coronavirus Outbreak: The Exploitation of Long Lasting Memories – LLM Care

Exergaming Experiences of Older Adults:A Critical Incident Study

Game-Based Learning in Museums—Cultural Heritage Applications

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