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ArticleJMIR human factors2024

Implementation of Anxiety UK's Ask Anxia Chatbot Service: Lessons Learned.

Luke Collins, Niamh Nicholson, Nicky Lidbetter, Dave Smithson, Paul Baker

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Article in JMIR human factors, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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  1. Hybrid Virtual Coaching and Telemonitoring in COPD Management: The CAir Randomised Controlled Study.International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease · 2024
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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors.

Luke CollinsLinguistics and English Language, Lancaster University, Lancaster, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0001-8826-5561
Niamh NicholsonAnxiety UK, Manchester, United Kingdom.ORCID 0009-0007-1603-6875
Nicky LidbetterAnxiety UK, Manchester, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-5633-526X
Dave SmithsonAnxiety UK, Manchester, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0003-3108-908X
Paul BakerLinguistics and English Language, Lancaster University, Lancaster, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0001-6743-4020

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chatbots are increasingly being applied in the context of health care, providing access to services when there are constraints on human resources. Simple, rule-based chatbots are suited to high-volume, repetitive tasks and can therefore be used effectively in providing users with important health information. In this Viewpoint paper, we report on the implementation of a chatbot service called Ask Anxia as part of a wider provision of information and support services offered by the UK national charity, Anxiety UK. We reflect on the changes made to the chatbot over the course of approximately 18 months as the Anxiety UK team monitored its performance and responded to recurrent themes in user queries by developing further information and services. We demonstrate how corpus linguistics can contribute to the evaluation of user queries and the optimization of responses. On the basis of these observations of how Anxiety UK has developed its own chatbot service, we offer recommendations for organizations looking to add automated conversational interfaces to their services.

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AnxietyArtificial IntelligenceHumansUnited Kingdomanxiety disorderschatbotsconversational agentscorpus linguisticsweb-based care

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PMID38885016
PMCPMC11217701

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