Cancer
Pain Tricks
"A colourful collection of tricks to make medical procedures less scary and sore. For kids and grown ups too!
Cognition
Injuries and Rehabilitation
Pain
Public Health
Stress and Coping
Free
Online
Children
collection
course
disease
Distraction
Doctor
game
health
Help
Info
injection
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Pain
Parents
procedure
time
Touch
Tricks
Medicine
Pain
Pain management
Technology
General Audience
Health Care Professionals
Multi-Platform
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Interactivity and reward-related neural activation during a serious videogame
Cole, S.W., Yoo, D.J., Knutson, B. (2012) Interactivity and reward-related neural activation during a serious videogame. PLoS ONE, 7(3), e33909.
Educational
Entertainment
Fighting
Shooter
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Open access journals
Open content
PLoS ONE
Public Library of Science
Publishing
XML
Yoo
Computer
Yoo
Teens
Young Adults
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Spinal Tap: Discovering the Secrets of Spinal Fluid
"Spinal Tap: Discovering the Secrets of Spinal Fluid is an interactive online game which was developed as a tool for children and teens ages 10 to 14 to actively explore information about the spina
Cancer
Health Care and Medicine
Nervous System
Online
Health
Labor
Social Issues
Spinal cord
Spinal Tap
Starlight
Technology
XML
http://www.starlight.org/spinal
Teens
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Ben's Game
Designed by young cancer patient Ben Duskin and LucasArts employee Eric Johnston, and funded by a grant from the Make-A-Wish Foundation, Ben’s Game helps cancer patients cope with their illness and
Pain
Free
Online
Eric Johnston
Business
Cancer
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Health
Labor
Law
LucasArts
Make-A-Wish Foundation
Medicine
Technology
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Captain Chemo
Captain Chemo is a free, online adventure game that deals with and can help cancer patients cope with the unpleasant side effects of cancer treatments.
Online
Cancer treatments
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Chemo
Chemotherapy
Medicine
Oncology
Technology
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Free Dive
Free Dive is a virtual reality-based adventure in which players hunt for hidden treasures in the sea and swim with dolphins and tropical fish.
Pain
Chronic pain
Distraction
Dive
Health
Labor
Nervous system
Nociception
Pain
Perception
Psychology
Social Issues
Span and div
Technology
Virtual reality
XML
http://www.breakawaygames.com/serious-games/solutions/healthcare
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Uncovering the Mysteries of Bone Marrow: Aspiration and Biopsy
Uncovering the Mysteries of Bone Marrow is a free, online interactive game about bone marrow and common treatments for leukemia such as biopsies, transplants, and aspirations.
Health Care and Medicine
Online
Bone marrow
Disaster
Health
Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
Labor
Lymphatic system
Medicine
Social Issues
Technology
http://www.starlight.org/bonemarrow
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Re-Mission
Re-Mission is a free adventure game designed to help young patients with cancer overcome their fears and feel more in control of their conditions.
Health Care and Medicine
Free
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Health
HopeLab
Malignancy
Medicine
Oncology
Re-Mission
Realtime Associates
Software
Technology
http://www.re-mission.net/site/game
Young Adults
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Improvement in cancer-related knowledge following use of a psychoeducational video game for adolescents and young adults with cancer
Beale, I. L., Kato, P. M., Marin-Bowling, V. M., Guthrie, N., & Cole, S. W. (2007). Improvement in cancer-related knowledge following use of a psychoeducational video game for adolescents and young adults with cancer. Journal of Adolescent Health, 41(3), 263-270.
Educational
Health Care and Medicine
Beale
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Educational psychology
Health
Psychoeducation
Psychology
Youth health
Teens
Young Adults
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When distractions fails: Parental anxiety and children's responses to distraction during cancer procedures
Dahlquist, L. M., & Pendley, J. (2005). When distractions fails: Parental anxiety and children's responses to distraction during cancer procedures. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 30(7), 623-628.
Mental Health
Pain
Social Issues
XML
Young Children