Study of the effect of a GPT-based voice assistant in direct interaction with patients to gain insights on interaction and potential reduction of loneliness.

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00034294

Enrollment

120

Registered

2024-06-21

Start date

2024-11-14

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-04-07

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Conditions

Perception of loneliness by patients in hospital/isolation situations and the influence of voice assistants on the perception of loneliness

Interventions

Group 1: Intervention group: Rehabilitation clinic patients in Germany with at least 7 days remaining stay. Daily language assistance interaction of at least 15 minutes over a period of 7 days and ass

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: - Participants must be at least 18 years old - Participants must have internet access with their own smartphone - Participants must be able to speak German - Participants must have an ongoing rehab stay of at least 7 days (length of interaction)

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Failure to fulfil the inclusion criteria

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Assessment of the patients' perceived loneliness (De Jon Gierveld and van Tibur, 2006 Loneliness Short Inventory - 6 items and DJG Loneliness Inventory - 11 items in own modification to assess the daily experience of loneliness). Recording of variables on the perception of the language assistant's behaviour, in particular measurement of perceived emotional closeness and social presence (scale for measuring emotional closeness & scale for measuring social presence).	—

Measure

Time frame

Assessment of the patients' perceived loneliness (De Jon Gierveld and van Tibur, 2006 Loneliness Short Inventory - 6 items and DJG Loneliness Inventory - 11 items in own modification to assess the daily experience of loneliness). Recording of variables on the perception of the language assistant's behaviour, in particular measurement of perceived emotional closeness and social presence (scale for measuring emotional closeness & scale for measuring social presence).

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Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Additional recording of variables such as attitudes towards language assistance systems, behaviour of the language assistant (proactivity, friendliness, conversational skills). Recording of control variables in the form of a short personality inventory (BFI-10 and extract from BFI-2) in order to be able to take possible personality-specific interaction effects into account in the analysis.	—

Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactFlorian Jovy-Klein

Institute for Technology & Innovation Management (TIM) Healthcare Innovation Lab | RWTH Aachen University TIME Research Area

jovy-klein@time.rwth-aachen.de+49 241 80 99197

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026