Meta-Analysis of Video Game Interventions for Neurodevelopmental Disorders

A 13.7 KB systematic review and meta-analysis document by Ming Gao, last updated March 18, 2026. It synthesizes evidence from 4 databases up to December 2, 2024, evaluating the effectiveness of video game-based interventions for children and adolescents with neurodevelopmental disorders. The analysis reports small to medium effect sizes for outcomes like inhibitory control, working memory, and gross motor skills.

Use Cases

• Conducting secondary analysis of effect sizes for executive functions based on reported standardized mean differences.
• Comparing the efficacy of active versus sedentary video game interventions based on the described outcomes.
• Designing new intervention studies based on the reported influence of frequency and session duration.
• Identifying research gaps for future systematic reviews based on the noted heterogeneity and sample size limitations.

Strengths

• Includes specific effect size metrics (SMD) with 95% confidence intervals for multiple cognitive and motor outcomes.
• Documents the systematic review protocol registration number (CRD42024534097) for transparency.
• Distinguishes between outcomes for active video games (AVGs) and sedentary video games (SVGs).

Limitations

• The data is a 13.7 KB DOCX file, indicating a very limited scope as a summary document rather than a raw dataset.
• Row count and column-level documentation are absent; the file contains analysis results, not primary data.
• The authors note findings are preliminary and exploratory due to study heterogeneity and limited sample sizes in the underlying studies.

Provenance

Source

figshare, author Ming Gao.

Collection Method

Systematic review and meta-analysis of studies from Web of Science, PubMed, Cochrane Library, and IEEE Xplore.

Time Range

Literature search up to December 2, 2024.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-18 07:41:22; includes literature up to December 2, 2024.