Awareness and Potential Impacts of the Medicalization of Internet Gaming Disorder: Cross-sectional Survey Among Adolescents in China.

Yanqiu Yu Weiwei Xiao Joseph Tak Fai Lau

Published in: Journal of medical Internet research (2021)

The exploratory study shows that the medicalization of IGD may have benefits that need maximization and potentially harmful effects that need minimization. Future studies should test the efficacies of health promotion that increases IGD medicalization awareness.

Keyphrases

health promotion
current status
health information
case control
risk assessment