109622 20230519145433.0 doi 10.3390/ijerph182212056 sideral 125718 ART-2021-125718 eng Roca, S. Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0003-2608-6431 Validation of a Virtual Assistant for Improving Medication Adherence in Patients with Comorbid Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Depressive Disorder 2021 Access copy available to the general public Unrestricted Virtual assistants are programs that interact with users through text or voice messages simulating a human-based conversation. The development of healthcare virtual assistants that use messaging platforms is rapidly increasing. Still, there is a lack of validation of these assistants. In particular, this work aimed to validate the effectiveness of a healthcare virtual assistant, integrated within messaging platforms, with the aim of improving medication adherence in patients with comorbid type 2 diabetes mellitus and depressive disorder. For this purpose, a nine-month pilot study was designed and subsequently conducted. The virtual assistant reminds patients about their medication and provides healthcare professionals with the ability to monitor their patients. We analyzed the medication possession ratio (MPR), measured the level of glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c), and obtained the patient health questionnaire (PHQ-9) score in the patients before and after the study. We also conducted interviews with all participants. A total of thirteen patients and five nurses used and evaluated the proposed virtual assistant using the messaging platform Signal. Results showed that on average, the medication adherence improved. In the final interview, 69% of the patients agreed with the idea of continuing to use the virtual assistant after the study. info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/DGA-FEDER/T31-20R info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MINECO-FEDER/TIN2016-76770-R info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess by http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/ 4.614 2021 PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH 45 / 183 = 0.246 2021 Q1 T1 PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH 71 / 210 = 0.338 2021 Q2 T2 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES 100 / 279 = 0.358 2021 Q2 T2 0.814 2021 Pollution 2021 Q1 Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 2021 Q1 4.5 2021 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Lozano, M.L. Garcia, J. Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0001-9485-7678 Alesanco, A. Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0002-5254-1402 5008 560 Universidad de Zaragoza Dpto. Ingeniería Electrón.Com. Área Ingeniería Telemática 18, 22 (2021), 12056 [17 pp.] Int. j. environ. res. public health International journal of environmental research and public health 1661-7827 1069550 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/109622/files/texto_completo.pdf Versión publicada 2948463 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/109622/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon icon Versión publicada oai:zaguan.unizar.es:109622 articulos driver 2023-05-18-14:20:19 ARTICLE