Conceptual Ambiguity Surrounding Gamification and Serious Games in Health Care: Literature Review and Development of Game-Based Intervention Reporting Guidelines (GAMING).

Simon Warsinsky Manuel Schmidt-Kraepelin Sascha Rank Scott Thiebes Ali Sunyaev

Published in: Journal of medical Internet research (2021)

Conceptualizations of gamification and serious games in health care literature are strongly heterogeneous, leading to conceptual ambiguity. Following the GAMING can support authors in rigorous reporting on study results of game-based interventions.

Keyphrases

healthcare
virtual reality
adverse drug
randomized controlled trial
systematic review
case report
emergency department
health information
electronic health record