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Conversations in Health Literacy Using AI Technology for Osteoarthritis Patients

CHAT-OA: Conversations in Health Literacy Using AI Technology for Osteoarthritis Patients

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT06778486
Acronym
CHAT-OA
Enrollment
100
Registered
2025-01-16
Start date
2025-01-06
Completion date
2026-12-01
Last updated
2026-09-14

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

Conditions

Osteoarthritis, Osteoarthritis of the Hip or Knee

Keywords

artificial intelligence, health literacy, decisional conflict

Brief summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to assess the use of a generative artificial intelligence large language model chatbot in improving decision making factors in patients with hip and knee osteoarthritis. The main questions it aims to answer are: Does the use of an artificial intelligence chatbot have an effect on decisional conflict and anxiety related to decision making? Are changes in decisional conflict correlated with changes in patient reported outcomes? Are changes in decisional conflict correlated with health literacy? Participants will interact with an artificial intelligence chatbot prior to their clinic visit with an orthopaedic surgeon, using a structured prompt.

Interventions

OTHERArtificial Intelligence Chatbot

The intervention is a generative artificial intelligence large language model chatbot that has a structured prompt with fill-in-the-blank style questions that the participant will complete.

Sponsors

University of California, Davis
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 99 Years
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* Adult * Ability to read and write in English * All races and ethnicities * Clinical symptoms of hip and/or knee osteoarthritis

Exclusion criteria

* Inability to read and write in English

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Decisional Conflict ScaleAt three time points: Within one week after the clinic visit, 1 month after the clinic visit, 6 months after the clinic visit.16 questions with Likert scale style answers ranging from 0 to 4. The raw score is converted to a score out of 100. The score ranges from 0 (no decisional conflict) to 100 (extremely high decisional conflict).
Beck Anxiety InventoryAt three time points: Within one week after the clinic visit, 1 month after the clinic visit, 6 months after the clinic visit.21 questions with Likert scale style answers ranging from 0 to 4. The raw score is the sum of the answers, which is converted to a score out of 100. The score ranges from 0 (low anxiety) to 63 (high anxiety).

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Knee injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score for Joint ReplacementAt enrollment7 questions with Likert scale style answers ranging from 0 to 4. The raw score is the sum of the answers, which is converted to a score out of 100. The score ranges from 0 (total knee disability) to 100 (perfect knee health).
Hip dysfunction and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score for Joint ReplacementAt enrollment6 questions with Likert scale style answers ranging from 0 to 4. The raw score is the sum of the answers, which is converted to a score out of 100. The score ranges from 0 (total hip disability) to 100 (perfect hip health).
Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System Global Health Version 1.2At enrollment10 questions with Likert scale style answers ranging from 1 to 5 and 1 question about pain with answers from 0 to 10. The questions are grouped into 4 sub-groups corresponding to physical and mental health main groups, in addition to the pain score. The raw scores are a sum of the answers for both physical and mental health range from 4 (poor physical or mental health) to 20 (best possible physical or mental health). The raw score is then converted to a t-score using the associated tables with the range 16.2 (worst possible physical or mental health) to 67.7 (best possible physical or mental health). The t-score is interpreted in comparison to the general population that has a mean of 50 and standard deviation of 10.

Countries

United States

Contacts

PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATORZachary C Lum, DO

University of California, Davis

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Sep 15, 2026