Conversational Agent for Healthy Lifestyle Behavior Change: Web-Based Feasibility Study.
Dhakshenya Ardhithy DhinagaranThirunavukkarasu SathishAiJia SoongYin-Leng ThengJames Donovan BestLorainne Tudor CarPublished in: JMIR formative research (2021)
The delivery of a conversational agent for healthy lifestyle behavior change through Facebook Messenger was feasible and acceptable. We were unable to recruit our planned sample solely using the free options in Facebook. However, participant retention and conversational agent engagement rates were high. Our findings provide important insights to inform the design of a future randomized controlled trial.