Neural Conversational Agent for Weight Loss Counseling: Protocol for an Implementation and Feasibility Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Obesity is a common, serious and costly chronic disease. Current clinical practice guidelines recommend that providers augment the longitudinal care of people living with obesity with consistent support for the development of self-efficacy and motivation to modify their lifestyle behaviors. Lifestyle behavior change aligns with the goals of motivational interviewing (MI), a client-centered yet directive counseling modality. However, training health care providers to be proficient in MI is expensive and time-consuming, resulting in a lack of trained counselors and limiting the widespread adoption of MI in clinical practice. Artificial intelligence (AI) counselors accessible via the internet can help circumvent these barriers.

Objective

The primary objective is to e

SUBMITTER: Kotov A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11452760 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature