Acceptability and feasibility of a virtual counselor (VICKY) to collect family health histories.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To overcome literacy-related barriers in the collection of electronic family health histories, we developed an animated Virtual Counselor for Knowing your Family History, or VICKY. This study examined the acceptability and accuracy of using VICKY to collect family histories from underserved patients as compared with My Family Health Portrait (MFHP).

Methods

Participants were recruited from a patient registry at a safety net hospital and randomized to use either VICKY or MFHP. Accuracy was determined by comparing tool-collected histories with those obtained by a genetic counselor.

Results

A total of 70 participants completed this study. Participants rated VICKY as easy to use (91%) and easy to follow (92%), would recommend VICKY to others (83%), and were highly

SUBMITTER: Wang C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4503525 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature