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ArticleStudies in health technology and informatics2024

Utilizing Digital Twin to Create Personas Representing Ovarian Cancer Patients and Their Families.

Youjia Wang, Khushboo Thaker, Vivian Hui, Peter Brusilovsky, Daqing He, Heidi Donovan, Young Ji Lee

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Article in Studies in health technology and informatics, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Human digital twins in women's health nursing.Women's health nursing (Seoul, Korea) · 2026
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  2. Analysis of digital twin applications in nursing practice and education: a scoping review.Journal of educational evaluation for health professions · 2026
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7 authors.

Youjia WangSchool of Nursing, University of Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Khushboo ThakerSchool of Computing and Information, University of Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Vivian HuiCenter for Smart Health, School of Nursing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong.
Peter BrusilovskySchool of Computing and Information, University of Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Daqing HeSchool of Computing and Information, University of Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Heidi DonovanSchool of Nursing, University of Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Young Ji LeeSchool of Nursing, University of Pittsburgh, PA, USA.

Funding

Creating an artificial intelligence therapy-to-data feedback loop for child developmental healthcareR01LM013083 · NLM · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI WALL, DENNIS PAUL · 2019 to 2022
$2.6M
Development and Implementation of a Health e-Librarian with Personalized Recommender (HELPeR)R01LM013038 · NLM · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI HE, DAQING, LEE, YOUNG JI · 2019 to 2022
$1.3M
NLM NIH HHS R01 LM013038NLM NIH HHS R01 LM013083
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

OvCa patients and caregivers perceived challenges in online health information seeking. The HELPeR recommendation system utilized digital twins to create personas reflecting real-world OvCa patients and caregivers. The aim of this study was to describe the creation of digital twins and demonstrate their use cases in the study. Digital twins of OvCa patients and caregivers were created by triangulating multiple sources, including online cancer forums, direct interviews with patients and caregivers, domain expert input, and clinical notes. 10 personas were created for both OvCa patients and caregivers who had a variety of cancer trajectories and information interests. These digital twins present a potential solution for training artificial intelligence models at the initial phase when there is a scarcity of user information.

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Ovarian NeoplasmsArtificial IntelligenceCaregiversConsumer Health InformationFemaleHumansInformation Seeking Behavioronline health information seekingOvarian cancerrecommendation system

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PMID39049414
PMCPMC12085097

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