Population subgroup differences in the use of a COVID-19 chatbot

Abstract COVID-19 chatbots are widely used to screen for symptoms and disseminate information about the virus, yet little is known about the population subgroups that interact with this technology and the specific features that are used. An analysis of 1,000,740 patients invited to use a COVID-19 ch...

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Auteurs principaux: Laura C. Schubel, Deliya B. Wesley, Ethan Booker, John Lock, Raj M. Ratwani
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Langue:EN
Publié: Nature Portfolio 2021
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Accès en ligne:https://doaj.org/article/8888afdf17b949e99bbb7bb7fde4f83f
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Résumé:Abstract COVID-19 chatbots are widely used to screen for symptoms and disseminate information about the virus, yet little is known about the population subgroups that interact with this technology and the specific features that are used. An analysis of 1,000,740 patients invited to use a COVID-19 chatbot, 69,451 (6.94%) of which agreed to participate, shows differences in chatbot feature use by gender, race, and age. These results can inform future public health COVID-19 symptom screening and information dissemination strategies.