Intelligent virtual assistant for promoting behaviour change in older people with T2D

João Balsa; Pedro Neves; Isa Félix; Mara Pereira Guerreiro; Pedro Alves; Maria Beatriz Carmo; Diogo Marques; António Dias; Adriana Henriques; Ana Paula Cláudio

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-30241-2_32

Intelligent virtual assistant for promoting behaviour change in older people with T2D

João Balsa^*, Pedro Neves, Isa Félix, Mara Pereira Guerreiro, Pedro Alves, Maria Beatriz Carmo, Diogo Marques, António Dias, Adriana Henriques, Ana Paula Cláudio

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

We present a version of an application prototype developed in the context of the VASelfCare project. This application works as an intelligent anthropomorphic virtual relational agent that has the role of assisting older people with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2D) in medication adherence and lifestyle changes. In this paper, we focus on the development of the dialogue component of the system and in what we consider one of the main original contributions: the incorporation, in the way the dialogue flows, of Behaviour Change Techniques (BCTs), identified in the context of the Behaviour Change Wheel framework. We also describe the general architecture of the system, including the graphical component. Tests on the prototype pre-requisites were conducted with health professionals and older adults with T2D within five primary care units of the Portuguese National Health Service. Overall, these tests yielded encouraging data and endorsed our approach.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Progress in Artificial Intelligence - 19th EPIA Conference on Artificial Intelligence, EPIA 2019, Proceedings
Editors	Paulo Moura Oliveira, Paulo Novais, Luís Paulo Reis
Publisher	Springer Verlag
Pages	372-383
Number of pages	12
ISBN (Print)	9783030302405
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-30241-2_32
Publication status	Published - 2019
Externally published	Yes
Event	19th EPIA Conference on Artificial Intelligence, EPIA 2019 - Vila Real, Portugal Duration: 3 Sept 2019 → 6 Sept 2019

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume	11804 LNAI
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

Conference

Conference	19th EPIA Conference on Artificial Intelligence, EPIA 2019
Country/Territory	Portugal
City	Vila Real
Period	3/09/19 → 6/09/19

Keywords

Behaviour change
Diabetes
Intelligent virtual assistants
mHealth applications
Relational agents

UN SDGs

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Balsa, J., Neves, P., Félix, I., Pereira Guerreiro, M., Alves, P., Carmo, M. B., Marques, D., Dias, A., Henriques, A., & Cláudio, A. P. (2019). Intelligent virtual assistant for promoting behaviour change in older people with T2D. In P. Moura Oliveira, P. Novais, & L. P. Reis (Eds.), Progress in Artificial Intelligence - 19th EPIA Conference on Artificial Intelligence, EPIA 2019, Proceedings (pp. 372-383). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 11804 LNAI). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-30241-2_32

Balsa, João ; Neves, Pedro ; Félix, Isa et al. / Intelligent virtual assistant for promoting behaviour change in older people with T2D. Progress in Artificial Intelligence - 19th EPIA Conference on Artificial Intelligence, EPIA 2019, Proceedings. editor / Paulo Moura Oliveira ; Paulo Novais ; Luís Paulo Reis. Springer Verlag, 2019. pp. 372-383 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)).

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Balsa, J, Neves, P, Félix, I, Pereira Guerreiro, M, Alves, P, Carmo, MB, Marques, D, Dias, A, Henriques, A & Cláudio, AP 2019, Intelligent virtual assistant for promoting behaviour change in older people with T2D. in P Moura Oliveira, P Novais & LP Reis (eds), Progress in Artificial Intelligence - 19th EPIA Conference on Artificial Intelligence, EPIA 2019, Proceedings. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), vol. 11804 LNAI, Springer Verlag, pp. 372-383, 19th EPIA Conference on Artificial Intelligence, EPIA 2019, Vila Real, Portugal, 3/09/19. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-30241-2_32

Intelligent virtual assistant for promoting behaviour change in older people with T2D. / Balsa, João; Neves, Pedro; Félix, Isa et al.
Progress in Artificial Intelligence - 19th EPIA Conference on Artificial Intelligence, EPIA 2019, Proceedings. ed. / Paulo Moura Oliveira; Paulo Novais; Luís Paulo Reis. Springer Verlag, 2019. p. 372-383 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 11804 LNAI).

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Balsa J, Neves P, Félix I, Pereira Guerreiro M, Alves P, Carmo MB et al. Intelligent virtual assistant for promoting behaviour change in older people with T2D. In Moura Oliveira P, Novais P, Reis LP, editors, Progress in Artificial Intelligence - 19th EPIA Conference on Artificial Intelligence, EPIA 2019, Proceedings. Springer Verlag. 2019. p. 372-383. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)). doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-30241-2_32

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