This paper is in the following e-collection/theme issue:

Chatbots and Conversational Agents (531) mHealth for Symptom and Disease Monitoring, Chronic Disease Management (1399) Asthma Education and Self-Management in Childhood and Adolescence (71) Family Skills and Family-based Interventions to Support Communication and Social Ties Within Families (19) Supporting Home Care and Family Caregivers (190) Caregiving and Parenting for Chronic Pediatric Diseases (82)

Published on in Vol 23, No 2 (2021): February

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/25060, first published .
Conversational Agents as Mediating Social Actors in Chronic Disease Management Involving Health Care Professionals, Patients, and Family Members: Multisite Single-Arm Feasibility Study

Conversational Agents as Mediating Social Actors in Chronic Disease Management Involving Health Care Professionals, Patients, and Family Members: Multisite Single-Arm Feasibility Study

Conversational Agents as Mediating Social Actors in Chronic Disease Management Involving Health Care Professionals, Patients, and Family Members: Multisite Single-Arm Feasibility Study

Authors of this article:

Tobias Kowatsch1, 2, 3 Author Orcid Image ;   Theresa Schachner1 Author Orcid Image ;   Samira Harperink1 Author Orcid Image ;   Filipe Barata1 Author Orcid Image ;   Ullrich Dittler4 Author Orcid Image ;   Grace Xiao5 Author Orcid Image ;   Catherine Stanger6 Author Orcid Image ;   Florian v Wangenheim1, 2 Author Orcid Image ;   Elgar Fleisch1, 2, 3 Author Orcid Image ;   Helmut Oswald7 Author Orcid Image ;   Alexander Möller8 Author Orcid Image
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Journals

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  3. Keller R, Hartmann S, Teepe G, Lohse K, Alattas A, Tudor Car L, Müller-Riemenschneider F, von Wangenheim F, Mair J, Kowatsch T. Digital Behavior Change Interventions for the Prevention and Management of Type 2 Diabetes: Systematic Market Analysis. Journal of Medical Internet Research 2022;24(1):e33348 View
  4. Denecke K, May R. Developing a Technical-Oriented Taxonomy to Define Archetypes of Conversational Agents in Health Care: Literature Review and Cluster Analysis. Journal of Medical Internet Research 2023;25:e41583 View
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  11. Wilson L, Marasoiu M. The Development and Use of Chatbots in Public Health: Scoping Review. JMIR Human Factors 2022;9(4):e35882 View
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  20. Shan Y, Ji M, Xie W, Qian X, Li R, Zhang X, Hao T. Language Use in Conversational Agent–Based Health Communication: Systematic Review. Journal of Medical Internet Research 2022;24(7):e37403 View
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  22. Denecke K, May R. Investigating conversational agents in healthcare: Application of a technical-oriented taxonomy. Procedia Computer Science 2023;219:1289 View
  23. Mair J, Castro O, Salamanca-Sanabria A, Frese B, von Wangenheim F, Tai E, Kowatsch T, Müller-Riemenschneider F. Exploring the potential of mobile health interventions to address behavioural risk factors for the prevention of non-communicable diseases in Asian populations: a qualitative study. BMC Public Health 2023;23(1) View
  24. Castro O, Mair J, Salamanca-Sanabria A, Alattas A, Keller R, Zheng S, Jabir A, Lin X, Frese B, Lim C, Santhanam P, van Dam R, Car J, Lee J, Tai E, Fleisch E, von Wangenheim F, Tudor Car L, Müller-Riemenschneider F, Kowatsch T. Development of “LvL UP 1.0”: a smartphone-based, conversational agent-delivered holistic lifestyle intervention for the prevention of non-communicable diseases and common mental disorders. Frontiers in Digital Health 2023;5 View
  25. Teepe G, Lukic Y, Kleim B, Jacobson N, Schneider F, Santhanam P, Fleisch E, Kowatsch T. Development of a digital biomarker and intervention for subclinical depression: study protocol for a longitudinal waitlist control study. BMC Psychology 2023;11(1) View
  26. Ollier J, Suryapalli P, Fleisch E, Wangenheim F, Mair J, Salamanca-Sanabria A, Kowatsch T. Can digital health researchers make a difference during the pandemic? Results of the single-arm, chatbot-led Elena+: Care for COVID-19 interventional study. Frontiers in Public Health 2023;11 View
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  31. Laymouna M, Ma Y, Lessard D, Schuster T, Engler K, Lebouché B. Roles, Users, Benefits, and Limitations of Chatbots in Health Care: Rapid Review. Journal of Medical Internet Research 2024;26:e56930 View
  32. Cook D, Peters D, Moradbakhti L, Su T, Da Re M, Schuller B, Quint J, Wong E, Calvo R. A text-based conversational agent for asthma support: Mixed-methods feasibility study. DIGITAL HEALTH 2024;10 View
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  38. Castro O, Salamanca-Sanabria A, Alattas A, Teepe G, Leidenberger K, Fleisch E, Tudor Car L, Muller-Riemenschneider F, Kowatsch T. Top-funded companies offering digital health interventions for the prevention and treatment of depression: a systematic market analysis. Archives of Public Health 2024;82(1) View
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Books/Policy Documents

  1. Bickmore T, O'Leary T. Digital Therapeutics for Mental Health and Addiction. View
  2. Keller R, Wangenheim F, Mair J, Kowatsch T. Digital Therapeutics for Mental Health and Addiction. View
  3. Kowatsch T, Fleisch E. Connected Business. View
  4. Antulay N, Adebesin F. Society 5.0. View