Digital Serious Games to Promote Behavior Change in Children With Chronic Diseases: Scoping Review and Development of a Self-Management Learning Framework

This review summarizes the fundamental behavioral theories and game elements of the available literature to establish a new theory-driven step-by-step framework. It can support game designers, clinicians, and educators in designing, developing, and evaluating digital, SG-based educational tools to increase self-management activities and promote behavior change in children with chronic diseases.