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DOI: 10.1055/s-0043-1764413
Effects of cognitive interventions with video games on cognition in healthy elderly people: a systematic review
Efeitos de intervenções cognitivas com jogos eletrônicos na cognição de idosos saudáveis: revisão sistemática
Abstract
Background Currently, studies using video games as an intervention to improve cognitive functions in the elderly are on the rise.
Objective To investigate and evaluate the effects of cognitive interventions using video games on cognition in healthy elderly people published in the last ten years.
Methods A systematic review involving a qualitative analysis carried out between July and September 2021on the SciELO, LILACS and MEDLINE databases..
Results A total of 262 articles were identified in the initial search. After exclusion of duplicates, analysis of titles/abstracts and of the full text, a final total of 9 studies were included in the review. The objectives of the studies included investigating the effects on cognition of cognitive training (CT) programs using video games compared to programs using entertainment games or to low-intensity CT games. Despite the growing number of studies, many of them were focused on cognitive rehabilitation in elderly people with some degree of cognitive impairment, and few involved training among healthy elderly people.
Conclusion According to the studies analyzed, the interventions involving CT with video games promoted significant improvements in processing speed and working memory, but no improvements in executive functions.
Resumo
Antecedentes Atualmente, estão em alta estudos que utilizam video games para melhorar as funções cognitivas em idosos.
Objetivo Investigar e avaliar os efeitos de intervenções cognitivas com video games na cognição de idosos saudáveis publicadas nos últimos dez anos.
Métodos Estudo de revisão sistemática com análise qualitativa realizado entre julho e setembro de 2021, das bases de dados SciELO, LILACS e MEDLINE.
Resultados Foram identificados 262 estudos na busca inicial. Após a exclusão de estudos duplicados, análise dos títulos e resumos, e análise integral dos estudos, nove estudos foram incluídos na revisão. Os objetivos de alguns estudos incluíam investigar os efeitos na cognição de programas de treino cognitivo (TC) com video games comparados aos de programas com jogos de entretenimento ou com jogos com baixa intensidade de TC. Apesar do crescente número de estudos, muitos centravam-se na reabilitação cognitiva em idosos com algum comprometimento cognitivo e poucos realizaram o treino em idosos saudáveis.
Conclusão Pelos estudos analisados, as intervenções de TC com video games apresentaram melhorias significativas na velocidade de processamento (VP) e na memória operacional (MO); por outro lado, não foram observadas melhorias nas funções executivas.
Authors' Contributions
GAI, TNO, GS, APBM, CERV, GAS, CBRMAV, LCM, SMDB, TBLS: conceptualization, investigation, methodology, visualization, writing of the original draft, and writing – review and editing; TBLS, LCM, PPL, SMDB: funding acquisition, resources; TBLS, TNO, SMDB: project administration, formal analysis, supervision, and writing – review and editing.
Publication History
Received: 07 February 2022
Accepted: 05 October 2022
Article published online:
31 May 2023
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