The Effectiveness of Artificial Intelligence in Assisting Mothers with Assessing Infant Stool Consistency in a Breastfeeding Cohort Study in China.

ABSTRACT: Breastfeeding is widely recognized as the gold standard for infant nutrition, benefitting infants' gastrointestinal tracts. Stool analysis helps in understanding pediatric gastrointestinal health, but the effectiveness of automated fecal consistency evaluation by parents of breastfeeding infants has not been investigated. Photographs of one-month-old infants' feces on diapers were taken via a smartphone app and independently categorized by Artificial Intelligence (AI), parents, and researchers. The accuracy of the evaluations of the AI and the parents was assessed and compared. The factors contributing to assessment bias and app user characteristics were also explored. A total of 98 mother-infant pairs contributed 905 fecal images, 94.0% of which were identified as loose feces. AI and stan

SUBMITTER: Wu J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10975400 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature