From: Getting into a “Flow” state: a systematic review of flow experience in neurological diseases
Description | Inclusion/Exclusion criteria | |
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Population | Patients with neurological disease such as stroke, TBI, MS and/or PD | The study sample or a substantial number of subjects (minimal 50%) are represented in the study population. The patients had to be adult. Studies with children and/or adolescents were excluded |
Intervention | Instrumented measurements to assess flow experience in a rehabilitation setting | Studies that measured flow using a questionnaire were included. Other ways of measuring flow, such as the Experience-Sample Method or interviews were not included |
Comparison | No control group or comparison is required | Comparison to a clinical test, a control group or the effect of intervention related to flow experience will be reported |
Outcome | Outcome measured flow experience | The studies had to assess the construct Flow with reference to Flow-theory by Csikzentmihalyi. Studies that measured intrinsic motivation or any other construct of motivation or positive psychology were excluded |
Study design | Peer-reviewed studies are included | No restrictions on the type of studies, including case studies, case–control studies, cohort studies, randomized control studies and non/randomized control studies Articles published in languages other than English were excluded |