TY - JOUR
T1 - Strengthening Behavior and Social Functioning Among Persons with Autism Spectrum Conditions Using Artificial Intelligence and Behavioral Activation
T2 - Protocol for the Well-Being and Health for Loved onEs with ASD (WHOLE) Psychosocial Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial
AU - Bowrin, Pierre
AU - Iqbal, Usman
PY - 2020/6/16
Y1 - 2020/6/16
N2 - Although a proportion of families and communities in low resource settings continue to provide care to loved ones with autism spectrum conditions, many of the affected persons remain undiagnosed and without access to proven therapies due to high treatment cost and cultural pressures, in particular. Use of conversational agents on mobile phones in combination with behavior activation home care may provide an innovative, culturally appropriate and affordable platform for strengthening behavior and social functioning outcomes, in addition to an opportunity for participation of the persons with autism spectrum conditions in the intervention development process. We aim to assess the effectiveness of an intervention that incorporates artificial intelligence conversational agent technologies and behavioral activation therapy techniques.
AB - Although a proportion of families and communities in low resource settings continue to provide care to loved ones with autism spectrum conditions, many of the affected persons remain undiagnosed and without access to proven therapies due to high treatment cost and cultural pressures, in particular. Use of conversational agents on mobile phones in combination with behavior activation home care may provide an innovative, culturally appropriate and affordable platform for strengthening behavior and social functioning outcomes, in addition to an opportunity for participation of the persons with autism spectrum conditions in the intervention development process. We aim to assess the effectiveness of an intervention that incorporates artificial intelligence conversational agent technologies and behavioral activation therapy techniques.
KW - Artificial Intelligence
KW - Autism Spectrum Disorders
KW - Chatbot
KW - Conversational Agent
KW - Psychosocial
KW - Randomized Control Trial
KW - Social functioning
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U2 - 10.3233/SHTI200461
DO - 10.3233/SHTI200461
M3 - Article
C2 - 32570678
AN - SCOPUS:85086912136
VL - 270
SP - 1399
EP - 1400
JO - Studies in Health Technology and Informatics
JF - Studies in Health Technology and Informatics
SN - 0926-9630
ER -