Engaging women with an embodied conversational agent to deliver mindfulness and lifestyle recommendations: A feasibility randomized control trial

Highlights • It is feasible to use an ECA to teach healthy behaviors among urban women. • Stress management techniques can be developed through interaction with an ECA. • An ECA can also be used to increase fruit consumption. • More research is needed on using ECAs to replace patient information she...

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Published in:Patient education and counseling 2017-09, Vol.100 (9), p.1720-1729
Main Authors: Gardiner, Paula M, McCue, Kelly D, Negash, Lily M, Cheng, Teresa, White, Laura F, Yinusa-Nyahkoon, Leanne, Jack, Brian W, Bickmore, Timothy W
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Behavior Therapy
Communication
Embodied conversational agent
Exercise
Feeding Behavior
Female
Healthy eating
Humans
Internal Medicine
Life Style
Meditation - methods
Mindfulness
Mindfulness - methods
Mindfulness based stress reduction
Nursing
Nutrition
Outcome Assessment (Health Care)
Physical activity
Stress management
Stress, Psychological - etiology
Stress, Psychological - therapy
Young Adult
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Summary:Highlights • It is feasible to use an ECA to teach healthy behaviors among urban women. • Stress management techniques can be developed through interaction with an ECA. • An ECA can also be used to increase fruit consumption. • More research is needed on using ECAs to replace patient information sheets.
ISSN:0738-3991
1873-5134
DOI:10.1016/j.pec.2017.04.015