Trial reportGenetics in medicine : official journal of the American College of Medical Genetics2015
Acceptability and feasibility of a virtual counselor (VICKY) to collect family health histories.
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- Utility of a virtual counselor (VICKY) to collect family health histories among vulnerable patient populations: A randomized controlled trial.Patient education and counseling · 2021Trial
- Rationale and design of the Atrial Fibrillation health Literacy Information Technology Trial: (AF-LITT).Contemporary clinical trials · 2017Trial
- Improving Access to Online Health Information With Conversational Agents: A Randomized Controlled Experiment.Journal of medical Internet research · 2016Trial
- Exploring the use of family health histories in the African American community to reduce health disparities: Protocol for a randomized controlled trial.Contemporary clinical trials · 2026Article
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- Involving End Users in Co-Designing Mobile Health Interventions for Hypertension Self-Management: Formative Study.JMIR formative research · 2026Article
- Views on a Chatbot for Cancer Family History Collection among Leaders of Hispanic and Pacific Islander Communities in Utah.Public health genomics · 2026Article
- The development and usability of 'The Genetics Navigator': a digital solution for adult and paediatric clinical genetics services.European journal of human genetics : EJHG · 2025Article
- Transforming Health Care Through Chatbots for Medical History-Taking and Future Directions: Comprehensive Systematic Review.JMIR medical informatics · 2024Review
- Study protocol: Exploring the use of Family Health Histories in the African American community to reduce health disparities in Flint, Michigan.Research square · 2024Article
- RACares: a conceptual design to guide mHealth relational agent development based on a systematic review.mHealth · 2024Review
- Factors Influencing the Acceptability, Acceptance, and Adoption of Conversational Agents in Health Care: Integrative Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2023Review
- Finding the sweet spot: a qualitative study exploring patients' acceptability of chatbots in genetic service delivery.Human genetics · 2023Article
- The Effects of a Health Care Chatbot's Complexity and Persona on User Trust, Perceived Usability, and Effectiveness: Mixed Methods Study.JMIR human factors · 2023Article
- Older adults' experience with virtual conversational agents for health data collection.Frontiers in digital health · 2023Article
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Abstract
purposeTo overcome literacy-related barriers in the collection of electronic family health histories, we developed an animated Virtual Counselor for Knowing your Family History, or VICKY. This study examined the acceptability and accuracy of using VICKY to collect family histories from underserved patients as compared with My Family Health Portrait (MFHP).
methodsParticipants were recruited from a patient registry at a safety net hospital and randomized to use either VICKY or MFHP. Accuracy was determined by comparing tool-collected histories with those obtained by a genetic counselor.
resultsA total of 70 participants completed this study. Participants rated VICKY as easy to use (91%) and easy to follow (92%), would recommend VICKY to others (83%), and were highly satisfied (77%). VICKY identified 86% of first-degree relatives and 42% of second-degree relatives; combined accuracy was 55%. As compared with MFHP, VICKY identified a greater number of health conditions overall (49% with VICKY vs. 31% with MFHP; incidence rate ratio (IRR): 1.59; 95% confidence interval (95% CI): 1.13-2.25; P = 0.008), in particular, hypertension (47 vs. 15%; IRR: 3.18; 95% CI: 1.66-6.10; P = 0.001) and type 2 diabetes (54 vs. 22%; IRR: 2.47; 95% CI: 1.33-4.60; P = 0.004).
conclusionThese results demonstrate that technological support for documenting family history risks can be highly accepted, feasible, and effective.
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