Electronic gaming interventions hold promise but the use of HIV prevention games is limited.
Virtual reality games (n=3), web-based games (n=2), and a mobile application (n=1) were used in the gaming interventions.
Modern controllers (Wii family, Microsoft Kinect, Neurosky Mindwave) are especially useful in elderly smart homes, being used, for healthcare monitoring and exercise gaming interventions.
In a recent randomized controlled trial, Gamito and colleagues (2014) compared a mobile-delivered, gaming-based, neuropsychological intervention plus treatment as usual with treatment as usual only in a sample of alcohol-dependent patients.
Consequently, future interventions in a general population of parents may promote the availability of sports equipment at home and limited gaming of parents.
Elderly subjects received twice weekly cognitive-motor exercise that included progressive strength and balance training supplemented by dance video gaming for 12 weeks (intervention group).
For the type of intervention (exercise gaming vs. waiting) an independent impact (p = 0.005) on HbA1c reduction was observed even after adjustment for baseline HbA1c and further potential confounders (data not shown).
These findings could prove useful when devising future strategies for prevention and intervention of problematic online gaming habits.
