Human interaction with a virtual assistant in preparation for in-hospital orthopedic consultation. A feasibility and acceptability study in older adults with osteoarthritis
Avatar-based history taking is feasible and accepted by older patients seeking orthopedic care for knee or hip osteoarthritis.Innovation:Avatar-based history taking applications could be offered to patients who are referred for knee or hip osteoarthritis, before they have their face-to-face consultation with an orthopedic surgeon.
Authors
- Sebastiaan A. W. van de Groes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1254-9071)
- Thomas Timmers (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2534-5799)
- M. Jacobs (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0987-2553)
- Walter van der Weegen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9389-0644)
- Katja Saris
Institutions
- Radboud University Nijmegen (NL)
- Radboud University Medical Center (NL)
- Active Technologies (Italy) (IT)
- St. Anna Ziekenhuis (NL)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PEC Innovation
- Published
- 2025-11-20
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pecinn.2025.100446
- Primary Topic
- Social Robot Interaction and HRI
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00