Linking Patient-Reported and Clinician-Assessed Wound Status via Chatbot-Based Digital Surveillance for Wound Infection: Retrospective Observational Study

This study highlights the differences in how patients perceive and report infection-related symptoms between populations with acute and chronic wounds. Lower diagnostic accuracy for acute wounds underscores the influence of limited experience and contextual constraints on patient self-assessment. These findings suggest that patient-facing digital wound monitoring systems should be tailored according to wound chronicity and patient experience, incorporating adaptive feedback and artificial intelligence-assisted screening to enhance patient-reported symptom interpretation.