Developing an Automated Assessment of In-session Patient Activation for Psychological Therapy: Codevelopment Approach.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Patient activation is defined as a patient's confidence and perceived ability to manage their own health. Patient activation has been a consistent predictor of long-term health and care costs, particularly for people with multiple long-term health conditions. However, there is currently no means of measuring patient activation from what is said in health care consultations. This may be particularly important for psychological therapy because most current methods for evaluating therapy content cannot be used routinely due to time and cost restraints. Natural language processing (NLP) has been used increasingly to classify and evaluate the contents of psychological therapy. This aims to make the routine, systematic evaluation of psychological therapy contents more accessib

SUBMITTER: Malins S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9682451 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature