Is ChatGPT a Reliable Source of Patient Information on Asthma?
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Summary
This summary is machine-generated.ChatGPT demonstrates high reliability and acceptability for answering asthma questions, but its responses are difficult for patients to read. Improvements in readability are needed for this artificial intelligence tool to be a truly accessible patient resource.
Area Of Science
- Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare
- Medical Information Dissemination
- Respiratory Medicine
Background
- ChatGPT is a rapidly growing artificial intelligence (AI) application with millions of users.
- Its potential as a source of patient information necessitates evaluation for medical applications.
- Asthma information requires clear and accessible communication for effective patient management.
Purpose Of The Study
- To assess the reliability and acceptability of ChatGPT's responses to frequently asked questions (FAQs) about asthma.
- To evaluate the consistency of ChatGPT's answers when queried multiple times.
- To measure the readability of ChatGPT's asthma-related responses for patient comprehension.
Main Methods
- Collected 30 asthma FAQs from the Global Initiative for Asthma website.
- Queried ChatGPT twice per question with different users to check response consistency.
- Evaluated response reliability and acceptability by five board-certified internal medicine physicians.
- Measured readability using Flesch Reading Ease Scale (FRES), Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level (FKGL), and Simple Measure of Gobbledygook (SMOG).
Main Results
- 93.33% of responses showed good reliability, with an average rating of 3.65/4.
- 78.3% of responses were deemed acceptable for patient use.
- Only 6.67% of questions yielded inconsistent answers.
- Average readability scores indicated difficult comprehension (FRES: 33.50, FKGL: 12.79, SMOG: 13.47).
Conclusions
- ChatGPT can serve as a reliable and acceptable source of asthma information compared to online websites.
- Current AI-generated responses for asthma lack patient-friendly readability.
- Readability of AI-generated medical information requires significant improvement for patient accessibility.
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