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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
Data Modeling of Cognitive Structure in Physiotherapy Students Learning Gross Anatomy
Cognitive structures that promote deep learning of gross anatomy are integral to musculoskeletal physiotherapy practice yet poorly understood. This quantitative, criterion-related validation study addressed two data modeling strategies (multidimensional scaling and Pathfinder networks) as a potential visual and quantitative representation of the cognitive structures of physiotherapy students learning gross anatomy. The study was grounded in the Adaptive Control of Thought-Rational theory of cognition. The research questions addressed the agreement (reliability, accuracy, and association) between student and expert cognitive structures and included the derived quantitative parameters as predictor variables in multiple regression to examine potential relationships with unit grades. An online survey of paired comparisons of 20 anatomical concepts relevant to musculoskeletal clinical practice generated the raw data used in the data modeling strategies for cognitive structure mapping. Convenience sampling was used to recruit 31 physiotherapy students, four course instructors, and three domain experts who completed the online survey. The results indicated moderate to high effect sizes regarding the agreement between student and expert. Six predictor variables accounted for 68.9% of the variance in unit grade indicating a large effect size. Preliminary evidence of concurrent and predictive validity was reported. Positive social change is reflected in this innovative use of data modeling strategies to represent cognitive structure and potentially enhance competency-based education critical to effective musculoskeletal physiotherapy practice