Engaging women with an embodied conversational agent to deliver mindfulness and lifestyle recommendations: A feasibility randomized control trial.
Patient Educ Couns
; 100(9): 1720-1729, 2017 Sep.
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| ID: mdl-28495391
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.Palavras-chave
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Estresse Psicológico
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Terapia Comportamental
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Exercício Físico
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Comunicação
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Meditação
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Atenção Plena
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Estilo de Vida
Tipo de estudo:
Clinical_trials
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Etiology_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Limite:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Female
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Patient Educ Couns
Ano de publicação:
2017
Tipo de documento:
Article