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Can ChatGPT help patients understand their andrological diseases?
İsmail Emre Ergin1, Adem Sancı2
1Kızılcahamam State Hospital, 06890 Ankara, Turkey.
Revista Internacional De Andrologia
|August 13, 2024
Summary
ChatGPT (Generative Pre-trained Transformer) provides reliable andrology information, with version 4.0 showing higher accuracy. While generally satisfactory, some answers require urologist guidance for complete patient understanding.
Area of Science:
- Andrology
- Artificial Intelligence in Medicine
- Medical Education
Background:
- The increasing use of AI chatbots like ChatGPT necessitates evaluating their accuracy in specialized medical fields.
- Andrology, a specialized field of urology, requires precise information for patient and student education.
Purpose of the Study:
- To assess the accuracy and suitability of ChatGPT (versions 3.5 and 4.0) for providing andrology information.
- To evaluate ChatGPT's responses to frequently asked questions and guideline-based queries in andrology.
Main Methods:
- Systematically organized andrology FAQs and European Association of Urology (EAU) guideline recommendations were posed to ChatGPT 3.5 and 4.0.
- Two urology experts independently scored responses for accuracy (1-4 scale: completely true to completely false).
- 120 questions were evaluated across topics including hypogonadism, erectile dysfunction, and male infertility.
Main Results:
- ChatGPT achieved a 50% "completely correct" score (grade 1), with version 4.0 at 55.4%.
- Combined correct answers (grades 1 & 2) were 85.2% for FAQs (88.8% for v4.0) and 81.5% for guideline questions.
- Completely incorrect answers (grade 4) were 1.8% for FAQs (0% for v4.0) and 5.2% for guideline questions.
Conclusions:
- ChatGPT demonstrates satisfactory reliability for andrology information, with version 4.0 showing improvements.
- While accurate, some responses may lack completeness, suggesting a need for urologist supervision.
- ChatGPT can be a valuable tool for enhancing patient and student comprehension of andrology topics when used judiciously.
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