用语音激活虚拟助手的开发,以改善年轻成人癌症幸存者的失眠:混合方法可行性和可接受性研究
Hunter Groninger1,2,3, Hannah Arem3,4, Lylian Ayangma3
1MedStar Health Research Institute, Washington, DC, United States.
JMIR formative research
|March 10, 2025
概括
患有失眠的年轻成人癌症幸存者 (YACS) 显示出对一种新的语音激活虚拟助手的高度参与和接受,该助手提供失眠认知行为疗法 (CBT-I). 这项技术为改善这一群体的睡眠提供了一个有希望的新途径.
科学领域:
- 在瘤学瘤学.
- 睡眠医学 睡眠医学
- 数字健康数字健康
背景情况:
- 慢性失眠影响高达75%的年轻成人癌症幸存者 (YACS),影响他们的生活质量.
- 失眠的认知行为疗法 (CBT-I) 是有效的,但面临着有限的吸收.
- 需要新的CBT-I交付方法来改善YACS的可访问性.
研究的目的:
- 了解YACS对失眠的经历.
- 探索YACS如何将技术交付的CBT-I整合到他们的日常工作中.
- 测试无屏幕,语音激活的虚拟助理原型的可行性和可接受性,用于CBT-I交付.
主要方法:
- 聚焦小组与26个YACS一起进行,以收集有关失眠和技术使用的见解.
- 开发了一种语音激活虚拟助理原型,提供CBT-I元素.
- 进行了一项单臂可行性和可接受性研究,使用12个YACS使用原型进行了14天.
主要成果:
- YACS报告了常见的失眠触发因素,包括疾病管理的担忧和疼痛.
- 原型展示了高参与度 (94%的坚持) 并且在可用性和满意度方面被评为有利 (平均分数为5.43/7).
- 所有参与者都表示有兴趣继续使用和推原型.
结论:
- 在语音激活虚拟助理交付的CBT-I原型中,YACS表现出了高的参与度和接受度.
- 这项技术为向YACS提供CBT-I提供了一种可行和可接受的方法.
- 未来的研究应该专注于评估这种干预措施的有效性.
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