Using a Chatbot to Study Medication Overuse Among Patients Suffering From Headaches
According to the World Health Organization, half the adult population around the world suffers from headaches. Even though this condition remains in most cases innocuous, it can have a major impact on the patient's quality of life but also on public health expenditure. Moreover, most patients m...
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| description | According to the World Health Organization, half the adult population around the world suffers from headaches. Even though this condition remains in most cases innocuous, it can have a major impact on the patient's quality of life but also on public health expenditure. Moreover, most patients manage their headaches on their own, without consulting a doctor. Therefore, self-medication can eventually lead to drug overuse, and consequently the emergence of a secondary disease called medication-overuse headache (MOH). The detection and follow-up of these unconventional patients represent a major challenge. Some of the latest technology advancements seem to be tailored and fitting for this context. The goal of this study is to investigate medication overuse in French patients suffering from headaches using the chatbot Vik Migraine. Data collection and analysis were assembled from answers to a questionnaire of 28 questions divided into three parts: socio-demographic profile, drug consumption, and medical follow-up. The study showed that medication overuse was often linked to increased headache frequency. Prescription drugs like triptans and opioids, were the most overused drugs among the cohort. This suggests that healthcare professionals could play a critical role in targeting these drugs in prevention of overuse. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-56c5ad90d826449f9743c8ae0f2052562022-12-21T23:56:09ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Digital Health2673-253X2022-03-01410.3389/fdgth.2022.801782801782Using a Chatbot to Study Medication Overuse Among Patients Suffering From HeadachesArthur Bézie0Valentin Morisseau1Romain Rolland2Arthur Guillemassé3Benoît Brouard4Benjamin Chaix5Benjamin Chaix6Benjamin Chaix7Wefight, Brain and Spine Institute, Paris, FranceWefight, Brain and Spine Institute, Paris, FranceWefight, Brain and Spine Institute, Paris, FranceWefight, Brain and Spine Institute, Paris, FranceWefight, Brain and Spine Institute, Paris, FranceWefight, Brain and Spine Institute, Paris, FranceHospital Gui de Chauliac, Montpellier, FranceUniversity of Montpellier, Montpellier, FranceAccording to the World Health Organization, half the adult population around the world suffers from headaches. Even though this condition remains in most cases innocuous, it can have a major impact on the patient's quality of life but also on public health expenditure. Moreover, most patients manage their headaches on their own, without consulting a doctor. Therefore, self-medication can eventually lead to drug overuse, and consequently the emergence of a secondary disease called medication-overuse headache (MOH). The detection and follow-up of these unconventional patients represent a major challenge. Some of the latest technology advancements seem to be tailored and fitting for this context. The goal of this study is to investigate medication overuse in French patients suffering from headaches using the chatbot Vik Migraine. Data collection and analysis were assembled from answers to a questionnaire of 28 questions divided into three parts: socio-demographic profile, drug consumption, and medical follow-up. The study showed that medication overuse was often linked to increased headache frequency. Prescription drugs like triptans and opioids, were the most overused drugs among the cohort. This suggests that healthcare professionals could play a critical role in targeting these drugs in prevention of overuse.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fdgth.2022.801782/fullchatbot agentconversational agentheadacheoverusemedication |
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| title | Using a Chatbot to Study Medication Overuse Among Patients Suffering From Headaches |
| title_full | Using a Chatbot to Study Medication Overuse Among Patients Suffering From Headaches |
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| title_short | Using a Chatbot to Study Medication Overuse Among Patients Suffering From Headaches |
| title_sort | using a chatbot to study medication overuse among patients suffering from headaches |
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