The Effect of a Spanish Virtual Pain Coach for Older Adults: A Pilot Study

McDonald, Deborah Dillon; Walsh, Stephen J.; Vergara, Cunegundo; Gifford, Timothy; Weiner, Debra K.

doi:10.1111/j.1526-4637.2012.01491.x

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“…Cronbach's alpha for the overall BPI-SF has been reported as 0.77 to 0.85. 16,17 For the current study Cronbach's alpha reliability for the BPI pain intensity and pain interference with activity was a ¼ .82 and a ¼ .87, respectively. Cronbach's alpha reliability for the full BPI, which combines both scales, was 0.89.…”

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A closer look: Alternative pain management practices by heart failure patients with chronic pain

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et al. 2015

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A closer look: Alternative pain management practices by heart failure patients with chronic pain

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“…Eight papers report the results of clinical trials involving a group of patients that performed training with virtual coach versus a control group that received usual care training [ 21 , 22 , 23 , 24 , 25 , 26 , 27 , 28 ]. The period of the virtual coaching ranged from 1 to 12 weeks.…”

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“…The period of the virtual coaching ranged from 1 to 12 weeks. Moreover, in one paper, a robot was used to carry out the self-management program [ 26 ]; in another one conversational agents were used [ 21 ]; and in the other six, a virtual coach, who can be an avatar [ 25 ], a digital coach who uses messages or emails [ 27 ], or an activity coach [ 22 , 23 , 24 , 28 ], was used.…”

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Coaching Through Technology: A Systematic Review into Efficacy and Effectiveness for the Ageing Population

Bevilacqua

Casaccia

Cortellessa

et al. 2020

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Background: Despite the evidence on the positive role of self-management, the adoption of health coaching strategies for older people is still limited. To address these gaps, recent efforts have been made in the ICT sector in order to develop systems for delivering coaching and overcoming barriers relating to scarcity of resources. The aim of this review is to examine the efficacy of personal health coaching systems for older adults using digital virtual agents. Methods: A systematic review of the literature was conducted in December 2019 analyzing manuscripts from four databases over the last 10 years. Nine papers were included. Results: Despite the low number of studies, there was evidence that technology-integrated interventions can deliver benefits for health over usual care. However, the review raises important questions about how to maintain benefits and permanence of behavior change produced by short-term interventions. Conclusion: These systems offer a potential tool to reduce costs, minimize therapist burden and training, and expand the range of clients who can benefit from them. It is desirable that in the future the number of studies will grow, considering other aspects such as the role of the virtual coaches’ characteristics, social-presence, empathy, usability, and health literacy.

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“…Over half of the studies (26/47, 55%) were published from 2019 onward [11,32,34,37,40,[42][43][44][45][46][48][49][50][51][52][53][54][55][58][59][60][61]65,66,71,72,[76][77][78], including 6 published in the first quarter of 2021 [42,46,49,54,55,60]. All papers except 1 [32] were published in high-income countries, and 24/47 studies (51%) were published in the United States [6,32,34,36,39,43,45,47,48,51,52,54,[56][57]…”

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Conversational Agents in Health Care: Scoping Review of Their Behavior Change Techniques and Underpinning Theory

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Goh³

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Background Conversational agents (CAs) are increasingly used in health care to deliver behavior change interventions. Their evaluation often includes categorizing the behavior change techniques (BCTs) using a classification system of which the BCT Taxonomy v1 (BCTTv1) is one of the most common. Previous studies have presented descriptive summaries of behavior change interventions delivered by CAs, but no in-depth study reporting the use of BCTs in these interventions has been published to date. Objective This review aims to describe behavior change interventions delivered by CAs and to identify the BCTs and theories guiding their design. Methods We searched PubMed, Embase, Cochrane’s Central Register of Controlled Trials, and the first 10 pages of Google and Google Scholar in April 2021. We included primary, experimental studies evaluating a behavior change intervention delivered by a CA. BCTs coding followed the BCTTv1. Two independent reviewers selected the studies and extracted the data. Descriptive analysis and frequent itemset mining to identify BCT clusters were performed. Results We included 47 studies reporting on mental health (n=19, 40%), chronic disorders (n=14, 30%), and lifestyle change (n=14, 30%) interventions. There were 20/47 embodied CAs (43%) and 27/47 CAs (57%) represented a female character. Most CAs were rule based (34/47, 72%). Experimental interventions included 63 BCTs, (mean 9 BCTs; range 2-21 BCTs), while comparisons included 32 BCTs (mean 2 BCTs; range 2-17 BCTs). Most interventions included BCTs 4.1 “Instruction on how to perform a behavior” (34/47, 72%), 3.3 “Social support” (emotional; 27/47, 57%), and 1.2 “Problem solving” (24/47, 51%). A total of 12/47 studies (26%) were informed by a behavior change theory, mainly the Transtheoretical Model and the Social Cognitive Theory. Studies using the same behavior change theory included different BCTs. Conclusions There is a need for the more explicit use of behavior change theories and improved reporting of BCTs in CA interventions to enhance the analysis of intervention effectiveness and improve the reproducibility of research.

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The Effect of a Spanish Virtual Pain Coach for Older Adults: A Pilot Study

Cited by 13 publications

References 28 publications

A closer look: Alternative pain management practices by heart failure patients with chronic pain

A closer look: Alternative pain management practices by heart failure patients with chronic pain

Coaching Through Technology: A Systematic Review into Efficacy and Effectiveness for the Ageing Population

Conversational Agents in Health Care: Scoping Review of Their Behavior Change Techniques and Underpinning Theory

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