The Effectiveness of Serious Games in Alleviating Anxiety: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

Alaa Abd-alrazaq   ^{1, 2} , PhD ;   Mohannad Alajlani   ³ , PhD ;   Dari Alhuwail   ^{4, 5} , PhD ;   Jens Schneider   ¹ , PhD ;   Laila Akhu-Zaheya   ⁶ , PhD ;   Arfan Ahmed   ² , PhD ;   Mowafa Househ   ¹ , PhD

¹ Division of Information and Computing Technology, College of Science and Engineering, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar Foundation, Doha, Qatar

² Artificial Intelligence Center for Precision Health, Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar, Qatar Foundation, Doha, Qatar

³ Institute of Digital Healthcare, Warwick Manufacturing Group, University of Warwick, Warwick, United Kingdom

⁴ Information Science Department, College of Life Sciences, Kuwait University, Kuwait, Kuwait

⁵ Health Informatics Unit, Dasman Diabetes Institute, Kuwait, Kuwait

⁶ Department of Adults Health Nursing, Nursing Faculty, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan