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Artificial Intelligence for Participatory Health: Applications, Impact, and Future Implications
Objective: Artificial intelligence (AI) provides people and
professionals working in the field of participatory health informatics
an opportunity to derive robust insights from a variety of online
sources. The objective of this paper is to identify current state of the
art and application areas of AI in the context of participatory health.
Methods: A search was conducted across seven databases
(PubMed, Embase, CINAHL, PsychInfo, ACM Digital Library,
IEEExplore, and SCOPUS), covering articles published since
2013. Additionally, clinical trials involving AI in participatory
health contexts registered at clinicaltrials.gov were collected and
analyzed.
Results: Twenty-two articles and 12 trials were selected for
review. The most common application of AI in participatory health was the secondary analysis of social media data:
self-reported data including patient experiences with healthcare
facilities, reports of adverse drug reactions, safety and efficacy
concerns about over-the-counter medications, and other
perspectives on medications. Other application areas included
determining which online forum threads required moderator
assistance, identifying users who were likely to drop out from
a forum, extracting terms used in an online forum to learn its
vocabulary, highlighting contextual information that is missing
from online questions and answers, and paraphrasing technical
medical terms for consumers.
Conclusions: While AI for supporting participatory health is
still in its infancy, there are a number of important research
priorities that should be considered for the advancement of the
field. Further research evaluating the impact of AI in participatory
health informatics on the psychosocial wellbeing of individuals
would help in facilitating the wider acceptance of AI into the
healthcare ecosystem
Delivering transformative action in paediatric pain: a <i>Lancet Child & Adolescent Health</i> Commission
Every infant, child, and adolescent will experience pain at times throughout their life. Childhood pain ranges from acute to chronic, and includes procedural, disease-related, breakthrough, and other types of pain. Despite its ubiquity, pain is a major challenge for individuals, families, health-care professionals, and societies. As a private mental experience, pain is often hidden and can go undiscussed or ignored. Undertreated, unrecognised, or poorly managed pain in childhood leads to important and long-lasting negative consequences that continue into adulthood, including continued chronic pain, disability, and distress. This undertreatment of pain should not continue, as there are available tools, expertise, and evidence to provide better treatment for childhood pain
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