Pokémon GO: snake oil or miracle cure for physical inactivity?

Chaput, Jean‐Philippe; LeBlanc, Allana G.

doi:10.21037/atm.2017.03.38

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“…The results of this study are in line with previous studies which explained that Pokemon Go is an augmented game that requires players to travel to various locations in the real world which the distances was relatively far. Thus, after carried out this game, players can increase their PA level to be better than before (Althoff et al, 2016;Chaput & Leblanc, 2017;Ewell et al, 2020;Kosa & Uysal, 2022).…”

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Augmented Pokemon Go in Times of Covid-19: Does it Have any Effect on Promoting Teenagers’ Physical Activity?

Jumareng

Setiawan

Németh

2022

Teor. metod. fiz. vihov.

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Study purpose. One of the main problems during the COVID-19 pandemic that needs to be considered is the decline in physical activity carried out by teenagers. The overall objective of this mixed method is to investigate the effects of the Pokemon Go intervention program to promote physical activity in teenagers during the COVID-19 crisis. Materials and methods. This study was conducted through a mixed method approach. 94 teenagers in grades 10–12 from three high schools agreed to participate in this study. The subjects were divided into 2 groups, namely in the Pokemon Go intervention program group (N=47) and a control group that did not get any physical activity (N=47). The Pokemon Go intervention program was carried out for 7 weeks with an intensity of 3 times a week in physical education classes. After carrying out the Pokemon Go intervention program, the forty-seven subjects were interviewed. The quantitative instrument used to measure the physical activity level was IPAQ, while the qualitative instrument used in-depth interviews. Results. The quantitative and qualitative (mixed) research confirms that the Pokemon Go intervention program showed to positively promote PA levels in teenagers to higher levels in the current COVID-19 crisis. The results of this study are in line with the previous studies which explained that Pokemon Go is an augmented reality game that requires players to travel to various locations in the real world where distances are relatively far. Conclusions. Teenagers with the status of players, ex-players and non-players experienced a significant increase in physical activity level after participating the Pokemon Go intervention program for 7 weeks, and the majority of subjects considered that Pokemon Go had a positive effect to promote physical activity during the COVID-19 pandemic. After implementing the Pokemon Go intervention program for 7 weeks, the results of our study confirm that the physical activity levels of teenagers have gradually increased during the COVID-19.

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Augmented Pokemon Go in Times of Covid-19: Does it Have any Effect on Promoting Teenagers’ Physical Activity?

Jumareng

Setiawan

Németh

2022

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“…Several recent reviews also reported the trends of decreased PA among children and adolescents worldwide [ 13 , 14 ]. The World Health Organisation (WHO) published a global report on PA, and it concluded that 81% of adolescents aged 11–15 years do not meet the WHO recommendations of being physically active for health [ 15 ]. This physical inactivity has burdened public health indirectly as a physically inactive child is most likely to be an inactive adult [ 16 ].…”

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Factors associated with physical activity participation among children: a systematic review protocol

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Background Reduced physical activity (PA) is one of the significant health concerns in adults and children alike. Despite the proven benefits of PA, most children, globally, do not meet the weekly criteria of enough PA to maintain health. The proposed systematic review is the review of the factors and will provide information on the factors associated with PA participation in children. Methods The proposed systematic review will be conducted based on the methodology from the Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions. We will include observational studies (cross-sectional, case–control, and cohort studies), randomized controlled trials (RCTs), and non-randomized study designs for information on factors associated with PA participation among children. Studies with participants in the age range of 5–18 years, indulging in physical activity of 60 min per day for a minimum of 3 days a week, will be included. Studies including differently abled children, children under medical treatment, and those taking medications for illnesses such as neurological, cardiac, and mental health conditions will be excluded from the review. We will search MEDLINE (via PubMed and Web of Science), Scopus, EMBASE, CINAHL, Cochrane CENTRAL, and PEDro for English language publications published from the inception till October 2022. For additional studies, we will search websites such as the Australian Association for Adolescent Health International Association for Adolescent Health and a reference list of the included publications. Selection of studies, data extraction, and quality assessment of the included studies will be performed in duplicate. Quality assessment of the included studies will be performed using the Cochrane Risk of Bias tool (ROB-II) for RCTs, New-Castle Ottawa, for observational studies, and ROBINS-I (Risk of Bias for Non-Randomized studies of Interventions) for non-randomized study designs. Discussion The proposed systematic review and meta-analysis will present a summary of the available evidence on factors associated with PA participation in children. The findings of this review will provide new insights into how exercise providers can improve PA participation among children and can also help healthcare workers, clinicians, researchers, and policymakers to plan long-term interventions targeting child health. Systematic review registration PROSPERO CRD42021270057.

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“…However, limitations in most of the current Pokémon GO studies should be acknowledged. Same as mentioned in previous commentaries (37,38), the main limitation is still the short-term period of follow-up. In other words, the sustainable, long-run effects of Pokémon GO on improving health remain untested.…”

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“…In a sense, dropping out is reasonable if players get bored, lose interest, or feel a lack in time (28,35,44). Accordingly, a short-term follow-up period in the current Pokémon GO studies reflects the concern of how playing Pokémon GO can influence players' health in a long-term period (37,38), especially when maintaining players' active engagement is still required after initial novelty from the game disappears. Secondly, the study design of most of these studies is observational (cross-sectional or cohort study), where there is a lack of sufficient ability to infer a causal relationship between Pokémon GO and some health benefits identified.…”

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Pokémon GO! GO! GO! The impact of Pokémon GO on physical activity and related health outcomes

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Pokémon GO: snake oil or miracle cure for physical inactivity?

Cited by 8 publications

References 15 publications

Augmented Pokemon Go in Times of Covid-19: Does it Have any Effect on Promoting Teenagers’ Physical Activity?

Augmented Pokemon Go in Times of Covid-19: Does it Have any Effect on Promoting Teenagers’ Physical Activity?

Factors associated with physical activity participation among children: a systematic review protocol

Pokémon GO! GO! GO! The impact of Pokémon GO on physical activity and related health outcomes

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