Published on in Vol 10 (2023)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/41017, first published .
The Effects of a Health Care Chatbot’s Complexity and Persona on User Trust, Perceived Usability, and Effectiveness: Mixed Methods Study

The Effects of a Health Care Chatbot’s Complexity and Persona on User Trust, Perceived Usability, and Effectiveness: Mixed Methods Study

The Effects of a Health Care Chatbot’s Complexity and Persona on User Trust, Perceived Usability, and Effectiveness: Mixed Methods Study

Authors of this article:

Joshua Biro1 Author Orcid Image ;   Courtney Linder1 Author Orcid Image ;   David Neyens1 Author Orcid Image

Journals

  1. Garcia Valencia O, Suppadungsuk S, Thongprayoon C, Miao J, Tangpanithandee S, Craici I, Cheungpasitporn W. Ethical Implications of Chatbot Utilization in Nephrology. Journal of Personalized Medicine 2023;13(9):1363 View
  2. Ab Razak N, Muhammad Yusoff M, O.K. Rahmat R. ChatGPT Review: A Sophisticated Chatbot Models in Medical & Health-related Teaching and Learning. Malaysian Journal of Medicine and Health Sciences 2023;19(s12):98 View
  3. Abavisani M, Khoshrou A, Karbas Foroushan S, Sahebkar A. Chatting with artificial intelligence to combat antibiotic resistance: Opportunities and challenges. Current Research in Biotechnology 2024;7:100197 View
  4. Mastrokostas P, Mastrokostas L, Emara A, Wellington I, Ginalis E, Houten J, Khalsa A, Saleh A, Razi A, Ng M. GPT-4 as a Source of Patient Information for Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion: A Comparative Analysis Against Google Web Search. Global Spine Journal 2024;14(8):2389 View
  5. Koscelny S, Neyens D. The Effect of Healthcare Chatbots’ Information Presentation Styles on User Acceptance in a Knowledge Seeking Task. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting 2024;68(1):493 View
  6. Jin E, Ryoo Y, Kim W, Song Y. Bridging the health literacy gap through AI chatbot design: the impact of gender and doctor cues on chatbot trust and acceptance. Internet Research 2024 View
  7. Kim T, Yu C, Hinson C, Fung E, Allam O, Nazerali R, Ayyala H. ChatGPT Virtual Assistant for Breast Reconstruction: Assessing Preferences for a Traditional Chatbot versus a Human AI VideoBot. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery - Global Open 2024;12(10):e6202 View
  8. Yang Y, Tavares J, Oliveira T. A New Research Model for Artificial Intelligence–Based Well-Being Chatbot Engagement: Survey Study. JMIR Human Factors 2024;11:e59908 View
  9. Anjulo Lambebo E, Chen H. Chatbots in higher education: a systematic review. Interactive Learning Environments 2024:1 View
  10. Young A, Omosun F. A comparative analysis of CDC and AI-generated health information using computer-aided text analysis. Journal of Communication in Healthcare 2025:1 View
  11. Koscelny S, Sadralashrafi S, Neyens D. Generative AI responses are a dime a dozen; Making them count is the challenge – Evaluating information presentation styles in healthcare chatbots using hierarchical Bayesian regression models. Applied Ergonomics 2025;128:104515 View

Books/Policy Documents

  1. Visakh P, Meena P, Anoop V. Multi-disciplinary Trends in Artificial Intelligence. View
  2. Khan A, Zeb I, Fang S. Chatbots and Mental Healthcare in Psychology and Psychiatry. View