Table 4.

Search strategy for every database

Database	Keywords
PubMed	(((“Aged”[Mesh]) OR (aged[Text Word] OR elderly[Text Word] OR senior*[Text Word] OR “older people”[Text Word] OR “older adult*”[Text Word])) AND ((“Video Games”[Mesh]) OR (“digital game*”[Text Word] OR “video game*”[Text Word] OR gaming[Text Word] OR exergaming[Text Word] OR “serious game*”[Text Word]))) AND ((“Residential Facilities”[Mesh]) OR (“nursing home*” [Text Word] OR “rest home*” [Text Word] OR “long-term care” [Text Word] OR institutionalized [Text Word] OR “homes for the aged” [Text Word] OR residental [Text Word] OR residence* [Text Word] OR “Assisted Living” [Text Word] OR facility [Text Word] OR facilities[Text Word])) ((((“Aged”[Mesh]) OR (aged[Text Word] OR elderly[Text Word] OR senior*[Text Word] OR “older people”[Text Word] OR “older adult*”[Text Word])) AND ((“Video Games”[Mesh]) OR (“digital game*”[Text Word] OR “video game*”[Text Word] OR gaming[Text Word] OR exergaming[Text Word] OR “serious game*”[Text Word]))) AND ((((“Activities of Daily Living”[Mesh]) OR “Physical Functional Performance”[Mesh]) OR “Social Interaction”[Mesh]) OR (perform*[Text Word] OR “activities of daily living”[Text Word] OR abilit*[Text Word] OR function*[Text Word] OR cogniti*[Text Word] OR “Independent Living”[Text Word] OR “Social Participation”[Text Word] OR “Social interaction”[Text Word] OR “physical fitness” [Text Word] OR “psychosocial health”[Text Word] OR “social activ*”[Text Word] OR “physical activ*”[Text Word]))) NOT (((“Child”[Mesh]) OR “Adolescent”[Mesh]) OR (child*[Text Word] OR adolescen*[Text Word]))
Web of Science	(“digital game*” OR “video game*” OR gaming OR exergaming OR “serious game*”) and (aged OR elderly OR senior* OR “older people” OR “older adult*”) and (“nursing home*” OR “rest home*” OR “long-term care” OR institutionalized OR “homes for the aged” OR residental OR residence* OR “Assisted Living” OR facility OR facilities) (“digital game*” OR “video game*” OR gaming OR exergaming OR “serious game*”) and (aged OR elderly OR senior* OR “older people” OR “older adult*”) and (perform* OR “activities of daily living” OR abilit* OR function* OR cogniti* OR “Independent Living” OR “Social Participation” OR “Social interaction” OR “physical fitness” OR “psychosocial health” OR “social activ*” OR “physical activ*”) not (child* OR adolescen*)
CINAHL	((MH “Video Games + ”) OR (“digital game*” OR “video game*” OR gaming OR exergaming OR “serious game*”)) AND ( (MH “Aged + ”) OR ( aged OR elderly OR senior* OR “older people” OR “older adult*”)) AND (((MH “Residential Facilities + ”) OR (MH “Assisted Living”)) OR ( “nursing home*” OR “rest home*” OR “long-term care” OR institutionalized OR “homes for the aged” OR residental OR residence* OR “Assisted Living” OR facility OR facilities)) (((MH “Video Games + ”) OR (“digital game*” OR “video game*” OR gaming OR exergaming OR “serious game*”)) AND ((MH “Aged + ”) OR (aged OR elderly OR senior* OR “older people” OR “older adult*”)) AND ((MH “Activities of Daily Living + ”) OR (MH “Physical Performance”) OR (MH “Interpersonal Relations + ”) OR (MH “Physical Activity”) OR perform* OR “activities of daily living” OR abilit* OR function* OR cogniti* OR “Independent Living” OR “Social Participation” OR “Social interaction” OR “physical fitness” OR “psychosocial health” OR “social activ*” OR “physical activ*”)) NOT ((((MH “Adolescence + ”) OR (MH “Child + ”)) OR (child* OR adolescen*))
Scopus	( TITLE-ABS-KEY ( ”digital game*” OR ”video game*” OR gaming OR exergaming OR “serious game*”) AND TITLE-ABS-KEY ( aged OR elderly OR senior* OR “older people” OR “older adult*”) AND TITLE-ABS-KEY ( ”nursing home*” OR “rest home*” OR “long-term care” OR institutionalized OR “homes for the aged” OR residental OR residence* OR “Assisted Living” OR facility OR facilities)) ( TITLE-ABS-KEY ( ”digital game*” OR “video game*” OR gaming OR exergaming OR “serious game*”) AND TITLE-ABS-KEY ( aged OR elderly OR senior* OR “older people” OR “older adult*”) AND TITLE-ABS-KEY ( perform* OR “activities of daily living” OR abilit* OR function* OR cogniti* OR “Independent Living” OR “Social Participation” OR “Social interaction” OR “physical fitness” OR “psychosocial health” OR “social activ*” OR “physical activ*”) AND NOT TITLE-ABS-KEY ( child* OR adolescen*))