Laura Jiménez-Muñoz1,2, Inmaculada Peñuelas-Calvo3,4,5, Pilar Calvo-Rivera6, Isaac Díaz-Oliván1,2, Manon Moreno1,2, Enrique Baca-García1,2,7,8,9,10,11,12,13, Alejandro Porras-Segovia1,14. 1. Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Madrid, Spain. 2. Departamento de Psiquiatria, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain. 3. Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Madrid, Spain. inmaculada.penuelas@quironsalud.es. 4. Departamento de Psiquiatría Infantojuvenil, Hospital Universitario Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Madrid, Spain. inmaculada.penuelas@quironsalud.es. 5. Facultad de Psicología, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain. inmaculada.penuelas@quironsalud.es. 6. Departamento de Psiquiatría Infantojuvenil, Hospital Reina Sofía de Córdoba, Córdoba, Spain. 7. Departamento de Psiquiatría Infantojuvenil, Hospital Universitario Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Madrid, Spain. 8. Departamento de Psiquiatría, Hospital Universitario Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Madrid, Spain. 9. Hospital Universitario de Valdemoro, Madrid, Spain. 10. Departamento de Psiquiatría, Hospital Universitario Central de Villalba, Madrid, Spain. 11. CIBERSAM, Madrid, Spain. 12. Université de Nîmes, Nîmes, France. 13. Departamento de Psiquiatría, Universidad Católica del Maule, Talca, Chile. 14. Hospital Universitario Rey Juan Carlos, Móstoles, Spain.
Abstract
Video games are a promising area of intervention for children diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). However, reviews on this topic are scarce. This review on studies exploring video games for the treatment of ASD followed the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines, and its protocol was registered in PROSPERO. PubMed, PsycInfo, Embase, WebOfScience and clinicaltrials.gov databases were searched. Twenty-four articles were included in the review. Video game-based interventions were effective for alleviating ASD symptoms, albeit with small effect sizes. High rates of acceptability and adherence to treatment were obtained. Conclusion: Video games are a promising area for improving the treatment of children with ASD. Exploring commercial video games is one of the lines for future research.
Video games are a promising area of intervention for children diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). However, reviews on this topic are scarce. This review on studies exploring video games for the treatment of ASD followed the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines, and its protocol was registered in PROSPERO. PubMed, PsycInfo, Embase, WebOfScience and clinicaltrials.gov databases were searched. Twenty-four articles were included in the review. Video game-based interventions were effective for alleviating ASD symptoms, albeit with small effect sizes. High rates of acceptability and adherence to treatment were obtained. Conclusion: Video games are a promising area for improving the treatment of children with ASD. Exploring commercial video games is one of the lines for future research.
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