Postpartum Education Via Artificial Intelligence for Recovery and Loneliness
This study is testing if a chatbot powered by generative artificial intelligence (genAI) can help new mothers with their recovery after childbirth. The chatbot aims to provide education about pelvic floor health and reduce feelings of loneliness. Researchers will compare standard postpartum care to standard care plus access to this chatbot. They want to see if using the chatbot improves knowledge about pelvic floor health, lessens loneliness, and impacts pelvic floor symptoms. You may be able to join if you are a woman over 18 who recently gave birth for the first time, speak English, and have internet access and a smartphone. The study is currently recruiting 130 participants, but its overall status is unclear.
- Study design
- This is an interventional study where participants will be randomly assigned (like flipping a coin) to either receive standard postpartum care or standard care plus the genAI chatbot. It plans to enroll 130 women.
- What's involved
- Participants will have their prolapse and incontinence knowledge measured at enrollment, after the intervention or standard care, and again at 6 months postpartum.
- Compensation
- Not stated in the trial record.
- Follow-up
- Participants will be followed for 6 months postpartum to assess prolapse and incontinence knowledge.
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Postpartum Education Via Artificial Intelligence for Recovery and Loneliness: A Randomized Controlled Trial
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Where it's being run
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What this trial measures
- Prolapse and incontinence knowledgeWill be administered to both groups at three time points: 1) at enrollment, 2) post-intervention or standard of care, 3) at 6 months postpartum.
Prolapse and incontinence knowledge will be assessed via the validated prolapse and incontinence knowledge questionnaire (PIKQ). This is a validated, self-administered instrument designed to assess women's knowledge about the epidemiology, pathogenesis, diagnosis, and treatment of pelvic organ prolapse and urinary incontinence. The PIKQ has been used in the postpartum population.This questionnaire consists of two 12 item sub-scales (total of 24 questions) with answer options of "agree", "disagree", or "don't know". Correct answers receive 1 point, while incorrect answers receive 0 points. Sub-scale score ranges from 0-12 and total score ranges from 0-24. Higher scores indicate more knowledge. We aim to detect a clinically meaningful difference of 4 points between the control and intervention group. This 4-point difference represents approximately a 17% increase in knowledge and is considered a reasonable effect based on prior literature and the nature of the educational intervention.