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Automated interventions for multiple health behaviors using conversational agents.

Timothy W Bickmore1, Daniel Schulman, Candace Sidner

  • 1College of Computer and Information Science, Northeastern University, Boston, MA 02115, USA. bickmore@ccs.neu.edu

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Summary

Automated health counselor software effectively promotes physical activity and fruit/vegetable intake. This digital intervention shows promise for scalable, reusable health behavior change programs.

Keywords:
Behavioral informaticsDialog systemDiet promotionEmbodied conversational agentFruit and vegetable consumption promotionHealth behavior change interventionOntologyPhysical activity promotionRelational agentWalking promotion

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Area of Science:

  • Digital Health
  • Behavioral Science
  • Health Promotion

Background:

  • Automated health counselor agents can deliver interventions via computer.
  • Such agents aim to promote healthy behaviors like physical activity and diet.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate an automated health counselor agent designed to promote physical activity and fruit/vegetable consumption.
  • To assess the effectiveness of a simulated conversation-based intervention.

Main Methods:

  • A 4-arm randomized trial compared physical activity, fruit/vegetable consumption, combined interventions, and a control group.
  • Interventions involved daily contact over two months.
  • Physical activity was measured by pedometer steps; fruit/vegetable intake by the NIH/NCI Fruit and Vegetable Scan.

Main Results:

  • The physical activity intervention group increased walking.
  • The fruit and vegetable intervention group significantly increased daily servings consumed.
  • The combined intervention group also reported increased fruit and vegetable consumption, but showed decreased walking.

Conclusions:

  • Automated health intervention software is effective for behavior change.
  • These interventions can be efficiently reused and adapted for multiple health behaviors.