Johnson, Daniel, Deterding, Christoph Sebastian orcid.org/0000-0003-0033-2104, Kuhn, Kerri-Ann et al. (3 more authors) (2016) Gamification for Health and Wellbeing:A Systematic Review of the Literature. Internet Interventions. 89–106. ISSN 2214-7829
Abstract
Background: Compared to traditional persuasive technology and health games, gamification is posited to offer several advantages for motivating behaviour change for health and well-being, and increasingly used. Yet little is known about its effectiveness. Aims: We aimed to assess the amount and quality of empirical support for the advantages and effectiveness of gamification applied to health and well-being. Methods: We identified seven potential advantages of gamification from existing research and conducted a systematic literature review of empirical studies on gamification for health and well-being, assessing quality of evidence, effect type, and application domain. Results: We identified 19 papers that report empirical evidence on the effect of gamification on health and well-being. 59% reported positive, 41% mixed effects, with mostly moderate or lower quality of evidence provided. Results were clear for health-related behaviors, but mixed for cognitive outcomes. Conclusions: The current state of evidence supports that gamification can have a positive impact in health and wellbeing, particularly for health behaviors. However several studies report mixed or neutral effect. Findings need to be interpreted with caution due to the relatively small number of studies and methodological limitations present in many studies (e.g., a lack of comparison of gamified interventions to non-gamified versions of the intervention).
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2016, Elsevier B.V. This is an author-produced version of the published paper. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher’s self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | gamification,health,Wellbeing,Systematic review |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Arts and Humanities (York) > Theatre, Film, TV and Interactive Media (York) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number EPSRC EP/M023265/1 |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 10 Nov 2016 12:03 |
Last Modified: | 31 Oct 2024 00:57 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.invent.2016.10.002 |
Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.invent.2016.10.002 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:107191 |
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