Engaging women with an embodied conversational agent to deliver mindfulness and lifestyle recommendations: A feasibility randomized control trial
dc.contributor.author | Gardiner, Paula | |
dc.contributor.author | McCue, Kelly D. | |
dc.contributor.author | Negash, Lily M. | |
dc.contributor.author | Cheng, Teresa | |
dc.contributor.author | White, Laura F. | |
dc.contributor.author | Yinusa-Nyahkoon, Leanne | |
dc.contributor.author | Jack, Brian W. | |
dc.contributor.author | Bickmore, Timothy W. | |
dc.date | 2022-08-11T08:08:06.000 | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2022-08-23T15:42:23Z | |
dc.date.available | 2022-08-23T15:42:23Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2017-09-01 | |
dc.date.submitted | 2019-02-25 | |
dc.identifier.citation | <p>Patient Educ Couns. 2017 Sep;100(9):1720-1729. doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2017.04.015. Epub 2017 Apr 26. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pec.2017.04.015">Link to article on publisher's site</a></p> | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0738-3991 (Linking) | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1016/j.pec.2017.04.015 | |
dc.identifier.pmid | 28495391 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14038/26834 | |
dc.description | <p>At the time of publication, Paula Gardiner was not yet affiliated with the University of Massachusetts Medical School.</p> | |
dc.description.abstract | OBJECTIVE: This randomized controlled trial evaluates the feasibility of using an Embodied Conversational Agent (ECA) to teach lifestyle modifications to urban women. METHODS: Women were randomized to either 1) an ECA (content included: mindfulness, stress management, physical activity, and healthy eating) or 2) patient education sheets mirroring same content plus a meditation CD/MP3 once a day for one month. General outcome measures included: number of stress management techniques used, physical activity levels, and eating patterns. RESULTS: Sixty-one women ages 18 to 50 were enrolled. On average, 51% identified as white, 26% as black, 23% as other races; and 20% as Hispanic. The major stress management techniques reported at baseline were: exercise (69%), listening to music (70%), and social support (66%). After one month, women randomized to the ECA significantly decreased alcohol consumption to reduce stress (p=0.03) and increased daily fruit consumption by an average of 2 servings compared to the control (p=0.04). CONCLUSION: It is feasible to use an ECA to promote health behaviors on stress management and healthy eating among diverse urban women. PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS: Compared to patient information sheets, ECAs provide promise as a way to teach healthy lifestyle behaviors to diverse urban women. | |
dc.language.iso | en_US | |
dc.relation | <p><a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&list_uids=28495391&dopt=Abstract">Link to Article in PubMed</a></p> | |
dc.relation.url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5559098/ | |
dc.subject | Embodied conversational agent | |
dc.subject | Healthy eating | |
dc.subject | Mindfulness | |
dc.subject | Mindfulness based stress reduction | |
dc.subject | Nutrition | |
dc.subject | Physical activity | |
dc.subject | Stress management | |
dc.subject | Alternative and Complementary Medicine | |
dc.subject | Behavioral Medicine | |
dc.subject | Counseling | |
dc.subject | Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition | |
dc.subject | Health Psychology | |
dc.subject | Integrative Medicine | |
dc.subject | Movement and Mind-Body Therapies | |
dc.subject | Psychiatry and Psychology | |
dc.subject | Public Health Education and Promotion | |
dc.subject | Women's Health | |
dc.title | Engaging women with an embodied conversational agent to deliver mindfulness and lifestyle recommendations: A feasibility randomized control trial | |
dc.type | Journal Article | |
dc.source.journaltitle | Patient education and counseling | |
dc.source.volume | 100 | |
dc.source.issue | 9 | |
dc.identifier.legacycoverpage | https://escholarship.umassmed.edu/cipc/75 | |
dc.identifier.contextkey | 13889810 | |
html.description.abstract | <p>OBJECTIVE: This randomized controlled trial evaluates the feasibility of using an Embodied Conversational Agent (ECA) to teach lifestyle modifications to urban women.</p> <p>METHODS: Women were randomized to either 1) an ECA (content included: mindfulness, stress management, physical activity, and healthy eating) or 2) patient education sheets mirroring same content plus a meditation CD/MP3 once a day for one month. General outcome measures included: number of stress management techniques used, physical activity levels, and eating patterns.</p> <p>RESULTS: Sixty-one women ages 18 to 50 were enrolled. On average, 51% identified as white, 26% as black, 23% as other races; and 20% as Hispanic. The major stress management techniques reported at baseline were: exercise (69%), listening to music (70%), and social support (66%). After one month, women randomized to the ECA significantly decreased alcohol consumption to reduce stress (p=0.03) and increased daily fruit consumption by an average of 2 servings compared to the control (p=0.04).</p> <p>CONCLUSION: It is feasible to use an ECA to promote health behaviors on stress management and healthy eating among diverse urban women.</p> <p>PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS: Compared to patient information sheets, ECAs provide promise as a way to teach healthy lifestyle behaviors to diverse urban women.</p> | |
dc.identifier.submissionpath | cipc/75 | |
dc.contributor.department | Department of Family Medicine and Community Health | |
dc.contributor.department | Center for Integrated Primary Care | |
dc.source.pages | 1720-1729 |