An empirical study on the psychological impact of medical AI on patients undergoing dental surgery.

ABSTRACT: With the rapid integration of artificial intelligence technology into the medical field, this study focuses on dental surgery and systematically examines the complex impact mechanisms of AI on patients' treatment anxiety and postoperative satisfaction through three progressive experiments involving a total of 470 participants. Guided by a TAM-informed, trust-augmented framework, we examine the mediating role of trust in AI and the moderating effects of gender and information transparency. Key findings indicate: (1) AI technology significantly reduces patient treatment anxiety levels (p < 0.001) and enhances postoperative satisfaction (p < 0.001); (2) Across the three studies, trust in AI functioned as a partial mediator overall. The mediation did not emerge in the text-based simulation (St

SUBMITTER: Zhu N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12769479 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature