Exergaming fosters small but significant improvements in quality of life for people living with chronic diseases, and structured programs associate with executive functioning gains¶

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Evidence · 1 study · review r3 · q3
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Subclaims¶

q3 i? A meta-analysis of 34 studies with 1,594 participants found exergaming fosters small but significant improvements in quality of life for those living with chronic diseases. → Kurt Squire 2023

Evidence¶

Kurt Squire 2023¶

Kurt Squire, Garrison Wells, Maria J. Anderson-Coto, and Constance Steinkuehler. 2023. Casual Games, Cognition, and Play across the Lifespan: A Critical Synthesis. ACM Games: Research and Practice, Volume 1, Issue 2, Article 14. https://doi.org/10.1145/3594534

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The review reports, citing Cugusi et al. [2021], a meta-analysis of 34 studies with 1,594 participants finding "small but significant improvements in quality of life" from exergaming for people with chronic diseases. No standardized effect size is printed.

"In a meta-analysis of 34 studies with 1,594 participants [Cugusi et al.2021], exergaming has been found to foster small but significant improvements in quality of life for those living with chronic diseases."

Discussion¶

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