Survey of conversational agents in health

JLZ Montenegro, CA da Costa… - Expert Systems with …, 2019 - Elsevier
Artificial intelligence (AI) has transformed the world and the relationships among humans as
the learning capabilities of machines have allowed for a new means of communication …

Internet of things technologies and machine learning methods for Parkinson's disease diagnosis, monitoring and management: a systematic review

KM Giannakopoulou, I Roussaki, K Demestichas - Sensors, 2022 - mdpi.com
Parkinson's disease is a chronic neurodegenerative disease that affects a large portion of
the population, especially the elderly. It manifests with motor, cognitive and other types of …

Demystifying social bots: On the intelligence of automated social media actors

D Assenmacher, L Clever, L Frischlich… - Social Media+ …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Recently, social bots,(semi-) automatized accounts in social media, gained global attention
in the context of public opinion manipulation. Dystopian scenarios like the malicious …

[HTML][HTML] Chatbots to improve sexual and reproductive health: realist synthesis

R Mills, ER Mangone, N Lesh, D Mohan… - Journal of medical …, 2023 - jmir.org
Background Digital technologies may improve sexual and reproductive health (SRH) across
diverse settings. Chatbots are computer programs designed to simulate human …

[HTML][HTML] Designing, developing, evaluating, and implementing a smartphone-delivered, rule-based conversational agent (DISCOVER): development of a conceptual …

DA Dhinagaran, L Martinengo, MHR Ho… - JMIR mHealth and …, 2022 - mhealth.jmir.org
Background Conversational agents (CAs), also known as chatbots, are computer programs
that simulate human conversations by using predetermined rule-based responses or …

Hello Harlie: enabling speech monitoring through chat-bot conversations

D Ireland, C Atay, J Liddle, D Bradford… - … Health Innovation for …, 2016 - ebooks.iospress.nl
People with neurological conditions such as Parkinson's disease and dementia are known
to have difficulties in language and communication. This paper presents initial testing of an …

Chatbots and conversational agents in mental health: a literature review

S Narynov, Z Zhumanov, A Gumar… - … and Systems (ICCAS …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this study, we looked at chatbots, conversational agents, technologies for creating
conversational agents, perspectives, and ethical issues in this direction. Also examples of …

[HTML][HTML] Can AI make people happy? The effect of AI-based chatbot on smile and speech in Parkinson's disease

M Ogawa, G Oyama, K Morito, M Kobayashi… - Parkinsonism & Related …, 2022 - Elsevier
Introduction Approaches for objectively measuring facial expressions and speech may
enhance clinical and research evaluation in telemedicine, which is widely employed for …

Dialogue systems and conversational agents for patients with dementia: The human–robot interaction

A Russo, G D'Onofrio, A Gangemi, F Giuliani… - Rejuvenation …, 2019 - liebertpub.com
This study aimed to identify and describe the fundamental characteristics of spoken dialogue
systems, and their role in supporting human–robot interaction and enabling the …

[HTML][HTML] Language Use in Conversational Agent–Based Health Communication: Systematic Review

Y Shan, M Ji, W Xie, X Qian, R Li, X Zhang… - Journal of Medical Internet …, 2022 - jmir.org
Background Given the growing significance of conversational agents (CAs), researchers
have conducted a plethora of relevant studies on various technology-and usability-oriented …