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January 6, 2022Internet InterventionsOpen Access

Using AI chatbots to provide self-help depression interventions for university students: A randomized trial of effectiveness

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HLHao LiuHPHuaming PengXSXingyu Song

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Randomized trial compares chatbot therapy to bibliotherapy, revealing improved outcomes for depression and anxiety.

Key Points

  • The study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of chatbot therapy against bibliotherapy for university students with depression.
  • Conducted as an unblinded randomized controlled trial with 83 university students.
  • Participants assigned to chatbot therapy (n = 41) or bibliotherapy (n = 42) with assessments every 4 weeks for 16 weeks.
  • Multiple questionnaires including PHQ-9 and GAD-7 were used to measure clinical variables.
  • Chatbot therapy showed superior effectiveness to bibliotherapy in reducing depression and anxiety (P < 0.01).
  • Therapeutic alliance was significantly higher in the chatbot group compared to the bibliotherapy group.
  • User feedback indicated that process factors were more influential than content factors.

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Liu et al. (2022) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69ff5e7e6018b8d0892d7b52https://doi.org/10.1016/j.invent.2022.100495
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