Expressive Interviewing Agents to Support Health-Related Behavior Change: Randomized Controlled Study of COVID-19 Behaviors.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Expressive writing and motivational interviewing are well-known approaches to help patients cope with stressful life events. Although these methods are often applied by human counselors, it is less well understood if an automated artificial intelligence approach can benefit patients. Providing an automated method would help expose a wider range of people to the possible benefits of motivational interviewing, with lower cost and more adaptability to sudden events like the COVID-19 pandemic.

Objective

This study presents an automated writing system and evaluates possible outcomes among participants with respect to behavior related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Methods

We developed a rule-based dialogue system for "Expressive Interviewing" to elicit writing from p

SUBMITTER: Stewart I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10395645 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature