Can ChatGPT provide quality information about fever in children?

• Published in: Journal of paediatrics and child health 2025-01, Vol.61 (1), p.60-65
• Main Authors: Kacer, Emine Ozdemir, Ipekten, Funda
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Artificial intelligence; Chatbots; ChatGPT; children; fever; Original; paediatric; Readability
• ISSN: 1034-4810; 1440-1754; 1440-1754
• DOI: 10.1111/jpc.16710

Background Artificial intelligence (AI) systems hold great promise in improving medical care and health problems. Aim We aimed to evaluate the answers by asking the most frequently asked questions to ChatGPT for the prediction and treatment of fever, which is a major problem in children. Methods The 50 questions most frequently asked about fever in children were determined, and we asked them to ChatGPT. We evaluated the responses using the quality and readability scales. Results While ChatGPT demonstrated good quality in its responses, the readability scale and the Patient Education Material Evaluation Tool (PEMAT) scale used with materials appearing on the site were also found to be successful. Among the scales in which we evaluated ChatGPT responses, a weak positive relationship was found between Gunning Fog (GFOG) and Simple Measure of Gobbledygook (SMOG) scores (r = 0.379) and a significant and positive relationship was found between FGL and SMOG scores (r = 0.899). Conclusion This study sheds light on the quality and readability of information regarding the presentation of AI tools, such as ChatGPT, regarding fever, a common complaint in children. We determined that the answers to the most frequently asked questions about fire were high‐quality, reliable, easy to read and understandable.