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Prospective study on the quality of patient information provided by ChatGPT in patients with treatment-induced obstructive sleep apnea

Prospective study on the quality of patient information provided by ChatGPT in patients with treatment-induced obstructive sleep apnea

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
DRKS
Registry ID
DRKS00036979
Enrollment
60
Registered
2025-05-23
Start date
2025-06-05
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-10-06

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Patient information for obstructive sleep apnea

Interventions

Group 1: Patients in the intervention group are asked to ask their questions about the treatment of OSA to ChatGPT for a period of 10-15 minutes before the discussion of the findings (sleep laboratory

Sponsors

Klinik für Hals-, Nasen-, Ohrenheilkunde und Poliklinik Universitätsmedizin Mainz
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Adult patients capable of giving consent who have spent a night in our sleep laboratory for an initial diagnosis of suspected obstructive sleep apnea and return to our clinic to discuss findings and the recommended therapy.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Children and patients who are not capable of giving consent.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Doctor's assessment of how well patients are informed about obstructive sleep apnea and its treatment, to what extent their questions match the information received and whether the use of ChatGPT was perceived as pleasant and helpful.

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Doctor's assessment of the information provided by ChatGPT in terms of coherence, comprehensibility, conciseness and medical accuracy of the information. Patient evaluation of ChatGPT responses in terms of conciseness, comprehensibility, coherence and patient confidence regarding therapy.

Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactJohannes Pordzik

Klinik für Hals-, Nasen-, Ohrenheilkunde und Poliklinik Universitätsmedizin Mainz

johannes.pordzik@unimedizin-mainz.de06131 17 7362

Outcome results

None listed

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