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Area of Science:

  • Digital Health
  • Human-Computer Interaction
  • Cardiovascular Disease Management

Background:

  • Health chatbots show promise for self-management but are underutilized for hypertension.
  • Hypertension requires ongoing patient self-management for effective control.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To design, develop, and evaluate the usability of a novel chatbot, Medicagent, for hypertension self-management.
  • To assess the effectiveness, efficiency, and user satisfaction of a hypertension management chatbot.

Main Methods:

  • User-centered design and iterative development using Google Cloud's Dialogflow.
  • Usability testing with 10 hypertensive patients, including task completion, System Usability Scale (SUS), and interviews.
  • Qualitative and quantitative analysis of user interactions and feedback.

Main Results:

  • Participants successfully completed 98% of 10 representative tasks within Medicagent.
  • The chatbot achieved a mean SUS score of 78.8/100, indicating acceptable usability.
  • Users found the chatbot favorable for blood pressure and medication tasks, though navigation and persona improvements were suggested.

Conclusions:

  • Medicagent demonstrates good usability and potential for assisting with hypertension self-management tasks.
  • Enhancements such as flexible interaction styles, improved handling of unrecognized utterances, and a credible health professional persona could further improve user experience.