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ArticleNPJ digital medicine2021

Randomized trial of two artificial intelligence coaching interventions to increase physical activity in cancer survivors.

Ahmed Hassoon, Yasmin Baig, Daniel Q Naiman, David D Celentano, Dina Lansey, Vered Stearns, Josef Coresh, Jennifer Schrack, Seth S Martin, Hsin-Chieh Yeh and 2 more

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Article in NPJ digital medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 36 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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36citing papers in PubMed, 6 pooled it
2.1field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

36 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 54 citations in OpenAlex.

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  19. Harnessing artificial intelligence for cancer rehabilitation: A call to action.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Ahmed HassoonJohns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 N. Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD, 21205, USA. ahassoo1@jhu.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4930-3331
Yasmin BaigUniversity of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
Daniel Q NaimanDepartment of Applied Mathematics and Statistics, Whiting School of Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, 3400 North Charles Street, Baltimore, MD, 21218-2608, USA.
David D CelentanoJohns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 N. Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD, 21205, USA.
Dina LanseyJohns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 733 N. Broadway, Baltimore, MD, 21205, USA.
Vered StearnsJohns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 733 N. Broadway, Baltimore, MD, 21205, USA.
Josef CoreshJohns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 N. Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD, 21205, USA.
Jennifer SchrackJohns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 N. Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD, 21205, USA.
Seth S MartinJohns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 N. Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD, 21205, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7021-7622
Hsin-Chieh YehJohns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 733 N. Broadway, Baltimore, MD, 21205, USA.
Hadas ZeilbergerJohns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 N. Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD, 21205, USA.
Lawrence J AppelJohns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 N. Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD, 21205, USA.
Johns Hopkins University · USUniversity of Michigan · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Physical activity (PA) has numerous health benefits. Personalized coaching may increase adherence to PA recommendations, but it is challenging to deliver personalized coaching in a scalable manner. The objective of our study was to determine whether novel artificially intelligent (AI) coaching interventions increase PA among overweight or obese, physically inactive cancer survivors compared to a control arm that receives health information. We conducted a single-center, three-arm randomized trial with equal allocation to (1) voice-assisted AI coaching delivered by smart speaker (MyCoach), (2) autonomous AI coaching delivered by text message (SmartText), and (3) control. Data collection was automated via sensors and voice technology, effectively masking outcome ascertainment. The primary outcome was change in mean steps per day from baseline to the end of follow-up at 4 weeks. Of the 42 randomized participants, 91% were female, and 36% were Black; mean age was 62.1 years, and mean BMI was 32.9 kg/m

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PMID34887491
PMCPMC8660785
OpenAlexW4200062772

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