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Sport Sciences School of Rio Maior – Polytechnic Institute of Santarém, Rio Maior, Portugal, Exercise and Health Laboratory, Interdisciplinary Centre for the Study of Human Performance, ULisboa, Cruz-Quebrada and Portugal
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Anthropomorphic Virtual Assistant to Support Self-care of Type 2 Diabetes in Older People: A Perspective on the Role of Artificial Intelligence

Topics: Mobile Interfaces; Virtual Humans and Artificial Life

Authors: Gergely Magyar 1 , João Balsa 2 , Ana Paula Cláudio 2 , Maria Beatriz Carmo 2 , Pedro Neves 2 , Pedro Alves 2 , Isa Brito Félix 3 , Nuno Pimenta 4 and Mara Pereira Guerreiro 5

Affiliations: 1 Department of Cybernetics and Artificial Intelligence, Technical University of Kosice, Letna 9, Kosice and Slovakia , 2 Biosystems & Integrative Sciences Institute (BioISI), Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa and Portugal , 3 Unidade de Investigação e Desenvolvimento em Enfermagem (ui&de), Escola Superior de Enfermagem de Lisboa, Lisboa and Portugal , 4 Sport Sciences School of Rio Maior – Polytechnic Institute of Santarém, Rio Maior, Portugal, Exercise and Health Laboratory, Interdisciplinary Centre for the Study of Human Performance, ULisboa, Cruz-Quebrada and Portugal , 5 Unidade de Investigação e Desenvolvimento em Enfermagem (ui&de), Escola Superior de Enfermagem de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal, Centro de Investigação Interdisciplinar Egas Moniz (CiiEM), Instituto Universitário Egas Moniz, Monte de Caparica and Portugal

Digital Object Identifier: 10.5220/0007572403230331

Proceedings of GRAPP 2019, ISBN: 978-989-758-354-4

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The global prevalence of diabetes is escalating. Attributable deaths and avoidable health costs related to diabetes represent a substantial burden and threaten the sustainability of contemporary healthcare systems. Information technologies are an encouraging avenue to tackle the challenge of diabetes management. Anthropomorphic virtual assistants designed as relational agents have demonstrated acceptability to older people and may promote long-term engagement. The VASelfCare project aims to develop and test a virtual assistant software prototype to facilitate the self-care of older adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus. The present position paper describes key aspects of the VASelfCare prototype and discusses the potential use of artificial intelligence. Machine learning techniques represent promising approaches to provide a more personalised user experience with the prototype, by means of behaviour adaptation of the virtual assistant to users’ preferences or emotions or to develop chatbots. The effect of these sophisticated approaches on relevant endpoints, such as users’ engagement and motivation, needs to be established in comparison to less responsive options.
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Computer Vision, Visualization and Computer Graphics

Mobile Interfaces

Virtual Humans and Artificial Life
Interactive Environments

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