ArticleFrontiers in digital health2020
Preliminary Evaluation of the Engagement and Effectiveness of a Mental Health Chatbot.
Article in Frontiers in digital health, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05003518 (ParentText User Engagement and Effectiveness Study), which is not on this map. Cited by 33 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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The trial behind it
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ParentText User Engagement and Effectiveness Study
Who cites it
33 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 96 citations in OpenAlex.
- Does the Digital Therapeutic Alliance Exist? Integrative Review.JMIR mental health · 2025Pooled it
- Systematic review exploring human, AI, and hybrid health coaching in digital health interventions: trends, engagement, and lifestyle outcomes.Frontiers in digital health · 2025Pooled it
- Empathic Conversational Agent Platform Designs and Their Evaluation in the Context of Mental Health: Systematic Review.JMIR mental health · 2024Pooled it
- Artificial Intelligence-Based Chatbots for Promoting Health Behavioral Changes: Systematic Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2023Pooled it
- A behaviourally informed chatbot increases vaccination rates in Argentina more than a one-way reminder.Nature human behaviour · 2024Trial
- A Chatbot-Delivered Stress Management Coaching for Students (MISHA App): Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2024Trial
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- Artificial Intelligence as a Personal Coach: A Narrative Review of Benefits and Risks in Educational and Health Contexts.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Current Landscape of Mental Health Conversational Agents From a Trauma-Informed Care Lens: Scoping Review.JMIR mental health · 2026Article
- The Development and Use of AI Chatbots for Health Behavior Change: Scoping Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2026Article
- The development and use of chatbots in enhancing health care access for underserved and vulnerable populations: a scoping review.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Charting the evolution of artificial intelligence mental health chatbots from rule-based systems to large language models: a systematic review.World psychiatry : official journal of the World Psychiatric Association (WPA) · 2025Article
- A Conversational Agent (PracticePal) to Support the Delivery of a Brief Behavioral Activation Treatment for Depression in Rural India: Development and Pilot-Testing Study.JMIR formative research · 2025Article
- Users' Needs for Mental Health Apps: Quality Evaluation Using the User Version of the Mobile Application Rating Scale.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2025Article
- World Health Organization Evidence-Based Self-Help Plus Intervention for Stress Management via Chatbot: Protocol for Adaptation to a Tech-Enabled Model.JMIR research protocols · 2025Article
- Barriers and Facilitators for Implementing Digital Interventions for Anxiety and Depression in Latin America: A Scoping Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- The development of a World Health Organization transdiagnostic chatbot intervention for distressed adolescents and young adults.Frontiers in digital health · 2025Article
- Effectiveness and User Experience of a Smoking Cessation Chatbot: Mixed Methods Study Comparing Motivational Interviewing and Confrontational Counseling.Journal of medical Internet research · 2024Article
- Effectiveness of a Mental Health Chatbot for People With Chronic Diseases: Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR formative research · 2024Article
- Evaluation framework for conversational agents with artificial intelligence in health interventions: a systematic scoping review.Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA · 2024Article
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