| Abbreviation | Full term |
| PRISMA-P | Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Protocols |
| CINAHL | Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature |
| WOS | Web of Science |
| GAMEX | Gameful Experience Scale |
| JBI | Joanna Briggs Institute |
| RCT | Randomized Controlled Trial |
| ROBINS-I | Risk Of Bias In Non-randomized Studies—of Interventions |
| GRADE | Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development, and Evaluations |