Table 2 General characterization of the studies analysed.

From: Use of serious games with older adults: systematic literature review

Author/s (Publication Years)

Context

Type of Study Conducted

Sample

Adcock et al. (2020a)

Europe

Quantitative

31 participants/age group 65–90 years

Adcock et al. (2020b)

Europe

Mixed

19 participants/age group 65–91 years

Anguera et al. (2017)

United States

Quantitative

22 participants/age group 61–75 years

Ayed et al. (2018)

North Africa

Quantitative

2 participants/age group 72–78 years

Ballesteros et al. (2017)

Europe

Quantitative

55 participants/age group 60–73 years

Becker et al. (2020)

Europe

Quantitative

16 participants/age group +60 years

Belchior et al. (2019)

United States

Mixed

54 participants/age group 65–86 years

Beltran-Alacreu et al (2022)

Europe

Quantitative

18 participants/age group +65 years

Boj et al. (2018)

Europe

Quantitative

8 participants/age group 51–79 years

Bonnechère et al. (2021)

Europe

Mixed

12.000 participants/age group +60 years

Brachman et al. (2021)

Europe

Quantitative

13 participants/age group 65–80 years

Brauner and Ziefle (2022)

Europe

Quantitative

64 participants/age group 16–84 years

64 participants/age group 17–84 years

Bukhari et al. (2022)

Asia

Quantitative

24 participants/age group 60–75 years

Campo-Prieto et al. (2021)

Europe

Mixed

4 participants/age group 65–77 years

Campo-Prieto et al. (2022a)

Europe

Quantitative

12 participants/age group +90 years

Campo-Prieto et al. (2022b)

Europe

Quantitative

24 participants/age group +65 years

Chesham et al. (2019)

Europe

Quantitative

28 participants/age group 18–31 years

13 participants/age group 64–79 years

11 participants/age group 86–94 years

Chu et al. (2021)

Canada

Qualitative

13 participants/age group 66–97 years

Chua et al. (2019)

Asia

Mixed

60 participants/age group 67–79 years

Da Silva et al. (2021)

South America

Mixed

23 participants/age group +60 years

De Bruin et al. (2019)

Europe

Quantitative

20 participants/age group 71–87 years

De Queiroz et al. (2017)

South America

Quantitative

27 participants/age group 54–68 years

Dijkstra et al. (2018)

Europe

Quantitative

33 participants/age group 70–87 years

Drazich et al. (2023)

United States

Qualitative

14 participants/age group 63–96 years

Ellmers et al. (2018)

United States and United Kingdom

Mixed

26 participants/age group 69–87 years

Eun et al. (2022)

Asia

Quantitative

39 participants/age group 60–80 years

Farzin et al. (2018)

Asia

Quantitative

25 participants/age group 55–74 years

Ferreira et al. (2022)

Europe

Quantitative

28 participants/age group +60 years

Freed et al. (2021)

United States

Mixed

20 participants/age group 65–84 years

Gallou-Guyot et al. (2023)

Europe

Quantitative

39 participants/age group +65 years

Ghorbani et al. (2022)

Asia

Quantitative

37 participants/age group +50 years

Gielis et al. (2021)

Europe

Quantitative

46 participants/age group 64–76 years

Guimarães et al. (2018)

South America

Quantitative

27 participants/age group 56–65 year

Gunst et al. (2022)

Europe

Quantitative

32 participants/age group +70 years

Hernandez-Martínez et al. (2022)

South America

Quantiative

25 participants/age group 60–89 years

Høeg et al. (2023)

Europe

Mixed

10 participants/age group 64–91 years

Hou et al. (2022)

Asia

Quantitative

48 participants/age group +50 years

Hou et al. (2023)

Asia

Quantitative

128 participants/age group 60–80 years

Jahouh et al. (2021)

Europe

Quantitative

80 participants/age group 74–93 years

Janhunen et al. (2022)

Europe

Quantitative

7 participants/age group +60 years

Janhunen et al. (2023)

Europe

Quantitative

50 participants/age group 60–75 years

Jirayucharoensak et al. (2019)

Asia

Quantitative

119 participants/age group 67–81 years

Kamińska et al. (2018)

Europe

Quantitative

23 participants/age group 67–84 years

Kamnardsiri et al. (2021)

Asia

Mixed

5 participants/age group 65–79 years

Kaplan et al. (2018)

Asia

Quantitative

14 participants/age group 69–76 years

15 participants/age group 24–30 years

Kleschnitzki et al. (2022)

Europe

Quantitative

56 participants/age group 62–96 years

Lee (2023)

Asia

Quantitative

55 participants/age group +75 years

Li et al. (2020)

Asia

Mixed

20 participants/age group 65–87 years

Li et al. (2021)

Asia

Mixed

23 participants/age group 64–84 years

Liepa et al. (2022)

Europe

Quantitative

44 participants/age group 60–85 years

Liu et al. (2022)

Asia

Quantitative

50 participants/age group +65 years

Maixnerová et al. (2017)

Europe

Quantitative

28 participants/age group 73–89 years

Maranesi et al. (2022)

Europe

Quantitative

30 participants/age group +65 years

Martins et al. (2020)

Europe

Quantitative

34 participants/age group 76–93 years

Mascarenhas et al. (2023)

South America

Quantitative

50 participants/age group 60–79 years

Merriman et al. (2022)

Europe

Quantitative

56 participants/age group 65–84 years

Money et al. (2019)

Europe

Mixed

15 participants/age group 50–80 years

Moret et al. (2022)

Europe

Quantitative

38 participants/age group +65 years

Mugueta-Aguinaga and Garcia-Zapirain (2017)

Europe

Quantitative

39 participants/age group 74–93 years

Mugueta-Aguinaga and Garcia-Zapirain (2019)

Europe

Quantitative

40 participants/age group +65 years

Müller et al. (2023)

Europe

Quantitative

28 participants/age group +70 years

Nath et al. (2023)

United States

Quantitative

33 participants/age group +50 years

Neumann et al. (2018)

Europe

Quantitative

33 participants/age group 53–93 years

Nonino et al. (2018)

South America

Quantitative

24 participants/age group 63–78 years

Oliveira et al. (2021)

South America

Quantitative

14 participants/age group 71–92 years

Ordnung et al. (2017)

Europe

Quantitative

29 participants/age group 63–77 years

Padala et al. (2017)

United States

Quantitative

30 participants/age group 60–74 years

Pereira et al. (2019)

Europe

Quantitative

39 participants/age group 56–91 years

Perrot et al. (2019)

Europe

Qualitative

36 participants/age group 60–71 years

Phirom et al. (2020)

Asia

Quantitative

40 participants/age group 66–74 years

Qiu et al. (2023)

Asia

Mixed

18 participants/age group 55–70 years

18 participants/age group 17–35 years

Radhakrishnan et al. (2020)

United States

Mixed

10 participants/age group 55–84 years

Ramnath et al. (2021)

South Africa

Quantitative

45 participants/age group 66–78 years

Randriambelonoro et al. (2023)

Europe

Quantitative

57 participants/age group 67–97 years

Rebêlo et al. (2021a)

South America

Quantitative

5 participants/age group 60–74 years

Rebêlo et al. (2021b)

South America

Quantitative

4 participants/age group 61–77 years

Ren et al. (2022)

Europe

Quantitative

24 participants/age group +60 years

Ruggiero et al. (2023)

United States

Mixed

71 participants/age group +50 years

Sadeghi et al. (2017)

Asia

Quantitative

30 participants/age group 66–80 years

Shah et al. (2022)

Europe

Mixed

14 participants/age group +60 years

Sápi et al. (2021)

Europe

Quantitative

14 participants/age group 64–75 years

Segal et al. (2022)

United States

Quantitative

19 participants/age group 58–74 years

Soancatl Aguilar et al. (2018)

Europe

Quantitative

10 participants/age group 72–88 years

Souders et al.(2017)

United States

Quantitative

60 participants/age group 66–79 years

Stamm et al. (2022)

Europe

Quantitative

22 participants/age group +65 years

Stanmore et al. (2019)

Europe

Quantitative

106 participants/age group +55 years

Swanenburg et al. (2018)

Europe

Quantitative

10 participants/age group 65–82 years

Swinnen et al. (2021a)

Europe

Quantitative

45 participants/age group 70–91 years

Swinnen et al. (2021b)

Europe

Mixed

22 participants/age group 70–95 years

Tabak et al. (2020)

Europe

Mixed

20 participants/age group 70–72 years

Talaei-Khoei and Daniel (2018)

United States

Qualitative

21 participants/age group 65–87 years

Triandafilou et al. (2018)

United States

Quantitative

15 participants/age group 33–81 years

Valenzuela et al. (2018)

Australia

Qualitative

24 participants/age group 73–89 years

Van der Kooij et al. (2019)

Europe

Quantitative

24 participants/age group 68–83 years

Vorwerg-Gall et al. (2023)

Europe

Quantitative

22 participants/age group +65 years

Vozzi et al. (2022)

Europe

Mixed

32 participants/age group 65–80 years

Willaert et al. (2020)

Europe

Quantitative

16 participants/age group 66–72 years

Wong et al. (2022)

Asia

Quantitative

40 participants/age group +60 years

Wu et al. (2023)

Asia

Quantitative

24 participants/age group +65 years

Yang et al. (2020)

Asia

Quantitative

20 participants/age group 62–77 years

Yoon et al. (2019)

United States

Mixed

230 participants/age group 64–92 years

Yu et al. (2019)

United States

Quantitative

80 participants/age group 62–98 years

Yuan et al. (2020)

Asia

Quantitative

24 participants/age group 57–75 years

Zadro et al. (2019)

Australia

Quantitative

60 participants/age group 62–74 years

Zahn et al. (2022)

Europe

Qualitative

10 participants/age group 76–93 years

Zając-Lamparska et al. (2019)

Europe

Quantitative

99 participants/age group 60–89 years

Zangirolami-Raimundo et al. (2019)

South America

Quantitative

83 participants/age group +65 years

Zhao et al. (2022)

Asia

Quantitative

55 participants/age group +60 years