title: Electronic game: A key effective technology to promote behavioral change in cancer patients.
abstract: Cancer diagnosis is a very unpleasant and unbelievable experience. Appropriate management and treatment of these diseases require a high degree of patient engagement. Interactive health electronic games are engaging, fun, challenging, and experiential and have the potential to change the attitude and behavior, which can improve the player's health. The use of these digital tools, as one of the most attractive and entertaining modern technologies, canem power patients, provide suitable palliative care, promote health behavior change strategies, increase patient engagement, enhance healthy lifestyle habits, improve self.management, and finally improve the quality of life of the patients. Finally, the aim of this article was to describe electronic games and their effects on the promotion of behavior change in cancer patients. In addition, this article describes categories, characteristic features, and benefits of this digital media in the lifestyle modification of cancer patients.
authors.affiliation: Health Information Management Department, School of Allied Medical Sciences, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Reza
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Safdari
authors.affiliation: Health Information Management Department, School of Allied Medical Sciences, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Marjan
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ghazisaeidi
authors.affiliation: Health Information Management Department, School of Allied Medical Sciences, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Azadeh
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Goodini
authors.affiliation: Health Information Management Department, School of Allied Medical Sciences, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Mahboobeh
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mirzaee
authors.affiliation: Health Information Technology Department, School of Allied Medical Sciences, Zabol University of Medical Sciences, Zabol, Iran.
authors.forename: Jebraeil
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Farzi
mesh_terms: D015438:Health Behavior; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D008019:Life Style; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology*; D018910:Video Games