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Engaging Women With the Gabby System to Deliver Multiple Health-Related Behavioral Changes: A Feasibility Study

NCT02965651 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 61

Last updated 2017-03-16

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this randomized controlled trial is to evaluate the feasibility of introducing an innovative eHealth technology, the Embodied Conversational Agent (ECA), to diverse women from an urban outpatient setting.

Conditions

  • Stress, Emotional

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

ECA System

The ECA system, named "Gabby", included content pertaining to stress management, nutrition and physical activity as well as dialogue scripts and media such as meditations. The scripts included motivational interviewing dialogue: dialogue to simulate shared decision making interactions and additional longitudinal interaction using techniques such as "goal setting," "problem solving," "tips," and "homework". Gabby was available on a web browser through a username and secure password login.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Boston Medical Center

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Paula Gardiner, MD, MPH · Boston Medical Center

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
50 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2015-01-31
Primary Completion
2016-01-31
Completion
2016-01-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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