A Video Game Improves Behavioral Outcomes in Adolescents and Young Adults With Cancer: A Randomized Trial

2008803 citationsJournal Article

Authors

Andrew S. Bradlyn · West Virginia University

Brad H. Pollock · The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

Abstract

The video-game intervention significantly improved treatment adherence and indicators of cancer-related self-efficacy and knowledge in adolescents and young adults who were undergoing cancer therapy. The findings support current efforts to develop effective video-game interventions for education and training in health care.

Topics & Keywords

Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: PEDIATRICS

Volume 122, Issue 2, pp. e305-e317

DOI: 10.1542/peds.2007-3134

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