A meta-analysis of active video games on health outcomes among children and adolescents

2015 ◽  
Vol 16 (9) ◽  
pp. 783-794 ◽  
Author(s):  
Z. Gao ◽  
S. Chen ◽  
D. Pasco ◽  
Z. Pope
Keyword(s):  
Video Games ◽  
Health Outcomes ◽  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Active Video Games ◽  
Active Video

Effects of active video games on children and adolescents: A systematic review with meta‐analysis

2019 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 4-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Crystian B. Oliveira ◽  
Rafael Z. Pinto ◽  
Bruna T. C. Saraiva ◽  
William R. Tebar ◽  
Leandro D. Delfino ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Video Games ◽  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Active Video Games ◽  
Active Video

scholarly journals Impact of Active Video Games on Body Mass Index in Children and Adolescents: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Evaluating the Quality of Primary Studies

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (13) ◽  
pp. 2424 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carlos Hernández-Jiménez ◽  
Raquel Sarabia ◽  
María Paz-Zulueta ◽  
Paula Paras-Bravo ◽  
Amada Pellico ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Body Mass Index ◽  
Video Games ◽  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Fixed Effects ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Statistical Significance ◽  
Active Video Games ◽  
Active Video ◽  
Standardized Mean Difference

Objective: To study the impact of active video games on Body Mass Index (BMI) in children and adolescents. Design and Methods: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Data were pooled in meta-analysis using the method of random effects or fixed effects, as appropriate, after examination of statistical heterogeneity. Data sources and eligibility criteria for selecting studies. A comprehensive literature research was conducted in Medline (PubMed), ISI web of Knowledge, and SCOPUS up to April 2018, in relation to clinical trials (both controlled and non-controlled) in children and adolescents, whose intervention was based on active video games. Results: The overall intragroup effect of the intervention based on active video games was in favor of the intervention, reaching statistical significance using the fixed effects model: (standardized mean difference (SMD) = −0.138; 95% CI (−0.237 to −0.038), p = 0.007 and was of borderline statistical significance in the random effects model: SMD= −0.191; 95% CI (−0.386 to 0.003), p = 0.053. The individual results of the determinations of the 15 included studies for this analysis showed a high heterogeneity among them (I2 = 82.91%). When the intervention was applied to children and adolescents with greater than or equal to 85 (overweight or obese) BMI percentile showed a greater effect in favor of the active video games: SMD= −0.483, p = 0.012. The overall intra-group effect in the control group was close to zero (SMD = 0.087). With respect to the non-standardized mean difference (MD) between groups, it was also in favor of active video games for both BMI (Kg/m2): DM = −0.317, 95% CI (−0.442 to −0.193), p = < 0.001 and BMI z-score: DM = −0.077, 95% CI (−0.139 to −0.016), p = 0.013. Conclusions: Our meta-analysis show a statistically significant effect in favor of using active video games on BMI in children and adolescents. The clinical relevance of this positive effect must be evaluated.

scholarly journals Active Video Games for Improving Mental Health and Physical Fitness—An Alternative for Children and Adolescents during Social Isolation: An Overview

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 1641 ◽  
Author(s):  
Isis Kelly dos Santos ◽  
Rafaela Catherine da Silva Cunha de Medeiros ◽  
Jason Azevedo de Medeiros ◽  
Paulo Francisco de Almeida-Neto ◽  
Dianne Cristina Souza de Sena ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Video Games ◽  
Physical Fitness ◽  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Social Isolation ◽  
Systematic Reviews ◽  
Cochrane Library ◽  
Active Video Games ◽  
Moderate Quality ◽  
Active Video

The aim of this study was to synthesize the evidence on the effects of active video games (AVGs) on mental health, physical fitness and body composition of children and adolescents. A search was conducted in the following databases: PubMed; MEDLINE (by Ovid); SportDiscus, Cochrane library systematic reviews (CENTRAL) and EMBASE with no language restrictions during October 2020. Reviews on the use of AVGs were included in the study. We use the AMSTAR (A MeaSurement Tool to Assess systematic Reviews) scale to analyze the methodological quality of the studies. Seventeen systematic reviews and meta-analyzes were included on the effects of AVGs with 30 to 4728 children and adolescents of both sexes with ages ranging from 6 to 19 years. In five studies, the population was overweight or obese. Regarding the quality, 12 studies were of moderate quality, two had high quality, two had low quality and one showed very low quality. The analyzed data indicate that the use of AVGs with a frequency of 1 to 3 times a week with durations of between 10 and 90 min per day shows positive effects on mental health and physical functioning. There was moderate quality evidence that AVGs can result in benefits for self-esteem, increased energy expenditure, physical activity and reduced body mass index in children and adolescents who used AVGs in the home environment. Further research is needed on this tool to help in the process of social isolation and consequently in promoting health and well-being.

scholarly journals The Effects of Active Video Games on Health-Related Physical Fitness and Motor Competence in Children and Adolescents with Healthy Weight: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (13) ◽  
pp. 6965
Author(s):  
Cristina Comeras-Chueca ◽  
Jorge Marin-Puyalto ◽  
Angel Matute-Llorente ◽  
German Vicente-Rodriguez ◽  
Jose A. Casajus ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Video Games ◽  
Physical Fitness ◽  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Assessment Tools ◽  
Healthy Weight ◽  
Motor Competence ◽  
Muscular Fitness ◽  
Active Video Games ◽  
Active Video ◽  
Health Related

(1) Background: Poor levels of physical fitness and motor skills are problems for today’s children. Active video games (AVG) could be an attractive strategy to help address them. The aim was to investigate the effects of AVG on health-related physical fitness and motor competence in children and adolescents with healthy weight. (2) Methods: Randomized and non-randomized controlled trials investigating the effects of AVG programs on health-related physical fitness and motor competence were included. Two different quality assessment tools were used to measure the risk of bias. Twenty articles met the inclusion criteria and the variables of interest were body mass index (BMI), body fat, cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF), muscular fitness and motor competence. (3) Results: AVG interventions seem to have benefits in BMI when lasting longer than 18 weeks (SMD, −0.590; 95% IC, −1.071, −0.108) and in CRF (SMD, 0.438; 95% IC, 0.022, 0.855). AVG seems to be a promising tool to improve muscular fitness and motor competence but the effects are still unclear due to the lack of evidence. (4) Conclusions: AVG seem to be an effective tool for improving some components of health-related physical fitness and motor competence in healthy-weight children and adolescents, but the effect on some fitness components needs further research. Therefore, AVG may be included as a strategy to improve health.

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