TY  - JOUR
AU  - Li, Jinhui
AU  - Erdt, Mojisola
AU  - Chen, Luxi
AU  - Cao, Yuanyuan
AU  - Lee, Shan-Qi
AU  - Theng, Yin-Leng
PY  - 2018
DA  - 2018/06/28
TI  - The Social Effects of Exergames on Older Adults: Systematic Review and Metric Analysis
JO  - J Med Internet Res
SP  - e10486
VL  - 20
IS  - 6
KW  - active video games
KW  - psychosocial well-being
KW  - ageing
KW  - literature review
KW  - citation analysis
AB  - Background: Recently, many studies have been conducted to investigate the effects of exergames on the social well-being of older adults. Objective: The aim of this paper is to synthesize existing studies and provide an overall picture on the social effects of exergames on older adults. Methods: A comprehensive literature search with inclusive criteria was conducted in major social science bibliographic databases. The characteristics of exergames, participants, methodology, as well as outcome measurements were extracted from the relevant studies included in the review. The bibliometric and altmetric outreach of the included studies were also investigated. Results: A total of 10 studies were included in the review, with 8 studies having used the Nintendo Wii platform. Most of the studies recruited healthy older adults from local communities or senior activity centers. Three groups of social-related outcomes have been identified, including emotion-related, behavior-related, and attitude-related outcomes. A metric analysis has shown that the emotion-related and behavior-related outcomes received high attention from both the academic community and social media platforms. Conclusions: Overall, the majority of exergame studies demonstrated promising results for enhanced social well-being, such as reduction of loneliness, increased social connection, and positive attitudes towards others. The paper also provided implications for health care researchers and exergame designers. 
SN  - 1438-8871
UR  - http://www.jmir.org/2018/6/e10486/
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2196/10486
UR  - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29954727
DO  - 10.2196/10486
ID  - info:doi/10.2196/10486
ER  -