Can digital health researchers make a difference during the pandemic? Results of the single-arm, chatbot-led Elena+: Care for COVID-19 interventional study.
COVID-19
anxiety
chatbot
conversational agent
depression
holistic lifestyle intervention
mental health
pandemic lifestyle care
Journal
Frontiers in public health
ISSN: 2296-2565
Titre abrégé: Front Public Health
Pays: Switzerland
ID NLM: 101616579
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
2023
2023
Historique:
received:
13
03
2023
accepted:
24
07
2023
medline:
12
9
2023
pubmed:
11
9
2023
entrez:
11
9
2023
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
The current paper details findings from Elena+: Care for COVID-19, an app developed to tackle the collateral damage of lockdowns and social distancing, by offering pandemic lifestyle coaching across seven health areas: anxiety, loneliness, mental resources, sleep, diet and nutrition, physical activity, and COVID-19 information. The Elena+ app functions as a single-arm interventional study, with participants recruited predominantly via social media. We used paired samples Results show strong demand for publicly available lifestyle coaching during the pandemic, with total downloads ( Findings show that: (i) there is public demand for chatbot led digital coaching, (ii) such tools can be effective in delivering treatment success, and (iii) they are highly valued by their long-term user base. As the current intervention was developed at rapid speed to meet the emergency pandemic context, the future looks bright for other public health focused chatbot-led digital health interventions.
Sections du résumé
Background
The current paper details findings from Elena+: Care for COVID-19, an app developed to tackle the collateral damage of lockdowns and social distancing, by offering pandemic lifestyle coaching across seven health areas: anxiety, loneliness, mental resources, sleep, diet and nutrition, physical activity, and COVID-19 information.
Methods
The Elena+ app functions as a single-arm interventional study, with participants recruited predominantly via social media. We used paired samples
Results
Results show strong demand for publicly available lifestyle coaching during the pandemic, with total downloads (
Conclusions
Findings show that: (i) there is public demand for chatbot led digital coaching, (ii) such tools can be effective in delivering treatment success, and (iii) they are highly valued by their long-term user base. As the current intervention was developed at rapid speed to meet the emergency pandemic context, the future looks bright for other public health focused chatbot-led digital health interventions.
Identifiants
pubmed: 37693712
doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1185702
pmc: PMC10485275
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
1185702Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2023 Ollier, Suryapalli, Fleisch, Wangenheim, Mair, Salamanca-Sanabria and Kowatsch.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
EF and TK are cofounders of Pathmate Technologies, a university spin-off company that creates and delivers digital clinical pathways. Pathmate Technologies was not involved in the study design, methods, or results of this paper.
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