"She has become my best friend": a qualitative study on the perspective of elderly with type 2 diabetes regarding the use of an interactive virtual assistant device for diabetes care and mental health promotion.
Frederico Ludwig da CostaLucas Strassburger MatzenbacherIsabela Semmelmann MaiaVicenzo GhenoMaria Antônia Bertuzzo BrumLaura Gomes Boabaid de BarrosLuiza Machado BlankGabriela Heiden TeloPublished in: Acta diabetologica (2024)
Our results highlight the overwhelmingly positive emotional responses and strong sense of humanization expressed by elderly individuals with diabetes toward an interactive virtual assistant device. This underscores its potential to improve mental health and diabetes care, although further studies are warranted to fully explore its impact.