Enhancement of the Performance of Large Language Models in Diabetes Education through Retrieval-Augmented Generation: Comparative Study

Dingqiao Wang   ¹ , MD, PhD ;   Jiangbo Liang   ¹ , MD ;   Jinguo Ye   ¹ , BSc ;   Jingni Li   ¹ , MD ;   Jingpeng Li   ¹ , PhD ;   Qikai Zhang   ¹ , BSc ;   Qiuling Hu   ¹ , BSc ;   Caineng Pan   ¹ , BSc ;   Dongliang Wang   ¹ , MD, PhD ;   Zhong Liu   ¹ , MD ;   Wen Shi   ¹ , PhD ;   Danli Shi   ² , MD, PhD ;   Fei Li   ^{1 *} , MD, PhD ;   Bo Qu   ^{3 *} , MD, PhD ;   Yingfeng Zheng   ^{1 *} , MD, PhD

¹ State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Guangdong Provincial Clinical Research Center for Ocular Diseases, GuangZhou, China

² Research Centre for SHARP Vision, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China

³ Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing, China

*these authors contributed equally