"Hey Siri, Help Me Take Care of My Child": A Feasibility Study With Caregivers of Children With Special Healthcare Needs Using Voice Interaction and Automatic Speech Recognition in Remote Care Management.

ABSTRACT:

Background

About 23% of households in the United States have at least one child who has special healthcare needs. As most care activities occur at home, there is often a disconnect and lack of communication between families, home care nurses, and healthcare providers. Digital health technologies may help bridge this gap.

Objective

We conducted a pre-post study with a voice-enabled medical note taking (diary) app (SpeakHealth) in a real world setting with caregivers (parents, family members) of children with special healthcare needs (CSHCN) to understand feasibility of voice interaction and automatic speech recognition (ASR) for medical note taking at home.

Methods

In total, 41 parents of CSHCN were recruited. Participants completed a pre-study survey collecting demogr

SUBMITTER: Sezgin E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8927637 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature