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This study received Grant support from the Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII CM19/00026), the Alicia Koplowitz Foundation and the Spanish National Project (RTI2018-101857-B-I00).

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Video games for the assessment and treatment of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: a systematic review

Publicated to:EUROPEAN CHILD & ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY. 31 (1): 5-20 - 2022-01-01 31(1), DOI: 10.1007/s00787-020-01557-w

Authors: Penuelas-Calvo, Inmaculada; Jiang-Lin, Lin Ke; Girela-Serrano, Braulio; Delgado-Gomez, David; Navarro-Jimenez, Rocio; Baca-Garcia, Enrique; Porras-Segovia, Alejandro

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CIBERSAM, Madrid, Spain - Author
Hosp Univ Cent Villalba, Dept Psychiat, Madrid, Spain - Author
Hosp Univ Fdn Jimenez Diaz, Dept Child & Adolescent Psychiat, Madrid, Spain - Author
Hosp Univ Fdn Jimenez Diaz, Dept Psychiat, Madrid, Spain - Author
Hosp Univ Infanta Elena, Dept Psychiat, Madrid, Spain - Author
Hosp Univ Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid, Spain - Author
Imperial Coll London, Ctr Psychiat, Mood Instabil Res Grp, London, England - Author
Inst Invest Sanitaria Fdn Jimenez Diaz, Translat Psychiat Res Grp, Madrid, Spain - Author
Univ Autonoma Madrid, Dept Psychiat, Madrid, Spain - Author
Univ Carlos III, Dept Statisticts, Madrid, Spain - Author
Univ Catolica Maule, Dept Psychiat, Talca, Chile - Author
Univ Complutense Madrid, Dept Psychol, Madrid, Spain - Author
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Abstract

Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a prevalent and serious disorder among children. Video games have shown potential for aiding in child healthcare. Video games could contribute to the assessment and management of ADHD, but there are no previous reviews on this topic. Here, we systematically review the evidence about video game-based assessment tools and interventions for children diagnosed with ADHD. This review followed the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines. The review protocol was registered in PROSPERO database. We searched four databases-PubMed, PsycInfo, Embase and clinicaltrials.gov-to identify original studies exploring either video game-based interventions or video game-based assessment tools in children with ADHD. After initial screening, full text revision and study selection, 22 articles were finally included in the review. Most studies used PC as platform, with a minority using a video console, pad, or 3D device. Video game-based assessment tools were generally effective in discriminating ADHD cases from controls, and in discriminating between ADHD subtypes. Video game-based therapeutic interventions were well accepted and generally effective in improving cognitive areas and decreasing ADHD symptoms. Gamification and cognitive training could be the main mechanisms underlying the usefulness and effectiveness of video game-based assessment tools and interventions. Software optimization and greater collaboration between developers and healthcare professionals are some of the priorities for future research in this area.

Keywords

adhdvideo gamesAdhdChildhoodChildrenE-healthInterventionsPerformanceSerious gamesVideo gamesVirtual-realityWorking-memoryYoung-people

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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal EUROPEAN CHILD & ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency WoS (JCR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2022, it was in position 7/130, thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Pediatrics. Notably, the journal is positioned above the 90th percentile.

From a relative perspective, and based on the normalized impact indicator calculated from World Citations provided by WoS (ESI, Clarivate), it yields a value for the citation normalization relative to the expected citation rate of: 27.08. This indicates that, compared to works in the same discipline and in the same year of publication, it ranks as a work cited above average. (source consulted: ESI Nov 14, 2024)

This information is reinforced by other indicators of the same type, which, although dynamic over time and dependent on the set of average global citations at the time of their calculation, consistently position the work at some point among the top 50% most cited in its field:

  • Weighted Average of Normalized Impact by the Scopus agency: 78 (source consulted: FECYT Feb 2024)
  • Field Citation Ratio (FCR) from Dimensions: 26.84 (source consulted: Dimensions Jun 2025)

Specifically, and according to different indexing agencies, this work has accumulated citations as of 2025-06-14, the following number of citations:

  • WoS: 52
  • Scopus: 78
  • Google Scholar: 85
  • OpenCitations: 69

Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2025-06-14:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 430.
  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 431 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 109.51.
  • The number of mentions on the social network X (formerly Twitter): 11 (Altmetric).
  • The number of mentions in news outlets: 12 (Altmetric).

Leadership analysis of institutional authors

This work has been carried out with international collaboration, specifically with researchers from: Chile; United Kingdom.