Usability, acceptance, and the role of realism in virtual humans for breathing exercise training
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DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-82886-7
Abstract: Breathing exercises are used to address a multitude of issues ranging from mental health to physical well-being. While they are recommended for various health conditions, access to professional support is often limited due to time… read more here.
Keywords: system; virtual coach; role realism; coach ... See more keywords
Reinforcement learning for proposing smoking cessation activities that build competencies: Combining two worldviews in a virtual coach
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DOI: 10.1186/s12911-025-03164-8
Abstract: Reaching personal goals typically requires building competencies (e.g., insights into personal strengths), but expert health professionals and non-expert clients often think differently about which competencies are needed. Just having a virtual coach advise activities for… read more here.
Keywords: virtual coach; model; usefulness beliefs; reinforcement learning ... See more keywords
Improving adherence to an online intervention for low mood with a virtual coach: study protocol of a pilot randomized controlled trial
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DOI: 10.1186/s13063-020-04777-2
Abstract: Background Internet-based cognitive-behavioral therapy (iCBT) is more effective when it is guided by human support than when it is unguided. This may be attributable to higher adherence rates that result from a positive effect of… read more here.
Keywords: intervention; trial; coach; study ... See more keywords
Application of three different coaching strategies through a virtual coach for people with emotional eating: a vignette study
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DOI: 10.1186/s40337-020-00367-4
Abstract: Background Around 13% of the world’s population suffers from obesity. More than 40% of people with obesity display emotional eating behaviour (eating in response to negative emotions or distress). It is an alternate to more… read more here.
Keywords: three different; different coaching; emotional eating; virtual coach ... See more keywords
e-VITA study protocol: EU-Japan virtual coach for smart aging
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DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1256734
Abstract: Aim The aim of this study is to report a trial protocol for assessing the improvement of older adults’ well-being, promoting active and healthy aging, and reducing the risks of social exclusion, using a virtual… read more here.
Keywords: virtual coach; trial; vita; study ... See more keywords
User Perceptions and Needs Analysis of a Virtual Coach for Active and Healthy Ageing—An International Qualitative Study
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DOI: 10.3390/ijerph191610341
Abstract: Virtual coaching systems show great potential for meeting the challenges of demographic change. However, the proportion of older users in the field of digital technologies is far behind that of younger people. As part of… read more here.
Keywords: perceptions needs; older adults; virtual coach; needs analysis ... See more keywords