Background: As pediatric ambulatory surgeries are rising and existing methods to reduce
perioperative anxiety and pain are lacking in this population, a serious game for health
(SGH), CliniPup, was developed to address this unmet need. CliniPup was generated using
the SERES framework for serious game development. Objective: The goal of the research
was to clinically evaluate CliniPup as an adjunct therapy to existing pharmacological
interventions aimed at reducing perioperative anxiety and pain in children undergoing …