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. 2020 Mar 26;7(3):e12388. doi: 10.2196/12388

Table 1.

Study variables.

Variable category and variable type Screening Baseline Brain training Car race Dance
Characteristics

Demographics N/Aa N/A N/A N/A

UCLAb Loneliness Index N/A N/A N/A N/A

Perceived Stress Scale N/A N/A N/A N/A

General Self-Efficacy N/A N/A N/A N/A

Self-assessment of mental/physical health N/A N/A N/A N/A

Prestudy appraisal of game (IFc) N/A N/A N/A N/A
Cognitive

Montreal Cognitive Assessment (IF) N/A N/A N/A N/A

Picture Encode/recall (DVd) N/A N/A

Stroop (DV) N/A N/A
Biometrics

Heart rate and heart rate variability (DV) N/A

Electrodermal activity (DV) N/A

Accelerometer (CVe) N/A

Saliva cortisol (DV) N/A
Subjective

Postgame appraisal survey (DV/IVf) N/A N/A

STAI-6g (DV) N/A N/A

aN/A: not applicable.

bUCLA: University of California, Los Angeles.

cIF: independent factor.

dDV: dependent variable.

eCV: control variable.

fIV: independent variable.

gSTAI: Spielberger State-Trait Anxiety Inventory.