Educational games for self-care of people with intestinal ostomies: a scoping review.

OBJECTIVE: to describe scientific evidence of self-care games for people with intestinal stomas. METHODS: a scoping review that included original, review, experimental, exploratory, descriptive, analytical, quasi-experimental, and experimental articles. Editorials, letters to the editor, abstracts, opinion pieces, duplicates, and studies involving animals or cadavers were excluded. The articles followed the following stages: export to Mendeley software; exclusion of duplicates; screening; test investigation; full-text reading; eligibility assessment; reference search; and article inclusion. Data extraction was conducted in accordance with JBI, which served as the basis for assessing methodological quality. RESULTS: a total of 645 articles were identified, leaving two articles included. Article 1 consisted of a card game for adults, with probing questions about handling and maintenance. Article 2, a smartphone app called StoMakker, was for children and adolescents. CONCLUSIONS: we identified a lack of articles addressing the topic and the need to expand publications and develop these playful activities.