AI-Based Personalized Health and Self-Care

Emre Sezgin

Status: Not yet enrolling

Conditions: Social Needs Status

Treatments: Behavioral: DAPHNE Chatbot Intervention; Other: Standard HRSN Screening and Referral (Usual Care)

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT07168382

STUDY00004369

Details and patient eligibility

About

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if the DAPHNE chatbot can improve caregiver engagement, usability, and integration of social care support tools into clinical workflows in caregivers of pediatric patients receiving care at the Nationwide Children's Hospital Primary Care Center (NCH PCC). This is a pilot randomized clinical trial.

The main questions it aims to answer are:

• Is the DAPHNE chatbot usable, acceptable, and minimally burdensome for caregivers over a 6-month period?
• Can the DAPHNE chatbot be effectively integrated into primary care provider workflows?

Researchers will compare the DAPHNE chatbot intervention arm to the standard of care control arm to see if the intervention improves caregiver-reported outcomes and provider workflow integration.

Participants that are patients will be randomly assigned to either the DAPHNE chatbot group or the standard of care group. Complete surveys assessing usability, acceptability, and burden and participate in brief qualitative interviews to share feedback on their experience.

Participants that are Primary Care providers will discuss integration of DAPHNE into clinical workflows and complete workflow integration assessments.

Enrollment: 70 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria (Caregivers):

• Must be 18 years or older
• At least one unmet social need
• Low-income
• Currently under Medicaid/Medicare insurance or have no coverage

Inclusion Criteria (Primary Care Providers):

• Must be 18 years or older
• Must be employed at Nationwide Children's Hospital

Exclusion Criteria:

- Due to the intervention only being translated into English, non-English Speakers will be excluded from this study.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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70 participants in 3 patient groups

Chatbot Access

Experimental group

Description:

These participants will receive access to the chatbot

Treatment:

Behavioral: DAPHNE Chatbot Intervention

Standard of Care

Active Comparator group

Description:

Participants will not receive access to the DAPHNE chatbot. These individuals will receive the usual HRSN screening/referral procedures at Nationwide Children's Hospital.

Treatment:

Other: Standard HRSN Screening and Referral (Usual Care)

Health Care Providers

Experimental group

Description:

All health care providers will receive access to the chatbot.

Treatment:

Behavioral: DAPHNE Chatbot Intervention