Trial reportMaternal and child health journal2013
Use of an interactive computer agent to support breastfeeding.
Trial report in Maternal and child health journal, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers, 10 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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30 citing papers in PubMed, 10 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 68 citations in OpenAlex.
- Support for healthy breastfeeding mothers with healthy term babies.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2022Pooled it
- The Value of Mobile Health in Improving Breastfeeding Outcomes Among Perinatal or Postpartum Women: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2021Pooled it
- Computer-Controlled Virtual Humans in Patient-Facing Systems: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of medical Internet research · 2020Pooled it
- Information and Communication Systems to Tackle Barriers to Breastfeeding: Systematic Search and Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2019Pooled it
- Conversational agents in healthcare: a systematic review.Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA · 2018Pooled it
- Effectiveness of interventions on breastfeeding self-efficacy and perceived insufficient milk supply: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Maternal & child nutrition · 2018Pooled it
- Support for healthy breastfeeding mothers with healthy term babies.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2017Pooled it
- Antenatal breastfeeding education for increasing breastfeeding duration.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2016Pooled it
- Interventions for promoting the initiation of breastfeeding.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2016Pooled it
- Efficacy of e-technologies in improving breastfeeding outcomes among perinatal women: a meta-analysis.Maternal & child nutrition · 2016Pooled it
- The mobile health intervention for rural patients with atrial fibrillation a randomized controlled trial.International journal of cardiology · 2025Trial
- Acceptability and feasibility of a virtual counselor (VICKY) to collect family health histories.Genetics in medicine : official journal of the American College of Medical Genetics · 2015Trial
- Involving End Users in Co-Designing Mobile Health Interventions for Hypertension Self-Management: Formative Study.JMIR formative research · 2026Article
- Factors Influencing the Intentions of Patients With Inflammatory Rheumatic Diseases to Use a Digital Human for Medication Information: Qualitative Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Article
- Interactive Conversational Agents for Perinatal Health: A Mixed Methods Systematic Review.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Attitudes Toward Use of an APOL1 Genetic Testing Chatbot in Living Kidney Donor Evaluation: A Focus Group Study.Clinical transplantation · 2024Article
- Chatbots to Improve Sexual and Reproductive Health: Realist Synthesis.Journal of medical Internet research · 2023Review
- Implementation of a culturally competentBMJ open · 2023Article
- Development and Validation of Conversational Agent to Pregnancy Safe-education.Journal of medical systems · 2023Article
- Conversational Agents in Health Care: Scoping Review of Their Behavior Change Techniques and Underpinning Theory.Journal of medical Internet research · 2022Article
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5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
Mothers need consistent, sustained information and support to develop and meet personal breastfeeding goals, but often receive insufficient assistance and conflicting and incorrect advice. The use of technology may be helpful in supplementing existing health care professional breastfeeding education and support efforts. We developed and evaluated a computer-based animated, interactive agent designed to provide breastfeeding information and support to mothers interested in breastfeeding. A randomized controlled study of a first-generation system was conducted to determine the feasibility of (1) use of the Computer Agent; (2) the recruitment plan; and (3) the planned outcome evaluation (assessing the impact of the intervention on intent to breastfeed, attitudes towards breastfeeding, and breastfeeding self-efficacy). The pilot study (N = 15) showed that the use of the Computer Agent, the recruitment plan, and the planned outcome evaluation were all feasible. Mothers who used the Computer Agent had greater intentions to exclusively breastfeed after exposure to the Agent (intent to exclusively breastfeed for 6 months 1-7 scale score of 6.14 (post) vs. 5.14 (pre); p < 0.05). Non-statistically significant trends in improvement with use of the Computer Agent breastfeeding support system were also seen in the between subjects analyses of intent to breastfeed and breastfeeding self-efficacy. The pilot study demonstrated the feasibility of using a Computer Agent to support breastfeeding mothers and informed the design of a larger randomized clinical trial. An interactive Computer Agent may be helpful in improving rates of exclusive breastfeeding, particularly when there is not adequate health care professional support.
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