Mheidly Nour
Department of Communication, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States.
J Educ Health Promot. 2024 Jul 5;13:172. doi: 10.4103/jehp.jehp_1033_23. eCollection 2024.
ChatGPT is a large language model that can initiate conversations with humans and respond to their questions. Due to its access to vast amounts of text data, it has the potential to offer health information. This study will explore the ability of ChatGPT to disseminate health information on breast cancer to draw predictions on its acceptance and utilization as a portal for breast cancer awareness. Through the Technology Acceptance Model that focuses on two main aspects, the ease of use and the usefulness, a qualitative comparative analysis was conducted to assess breast cancer information retrieved from ChatGPT and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) website. Common queries that patients with breast cancer and the public often ask were used for assessment. A checklist of the essential elements covered by each question was created. Four themes (definition, prevention, diagnostics, and therapeutics) were used for the coding process and truth tables were created to compare answers. Results showed that the design of ChatGPT renders it an easy platform to initiate conversation and obtain clarifications and explanations for ideas and questions instantaneously. ChatGPT provides adequate and correct information on breast cancer compared to the CDC website, collects information from multiple authentic resources, and provides better access to information. Nevertheless, ChatGPT lacks accountability, and the nature of its responses changes over time. Overall, ChatGPT is a promising medium for the dissemination of health information on breast cancer and an important tool for raising awareness and improving public health knowledge on the disease.
ChatGPT是一种大型语言模型，能够与人类展开对话并回答他们的问题。由于它可以获取大量文本数据，因此有潜力提供健康信息。本研究将探索ChatGPT传播乳腺癌健康信息的能力，以便预测其作为乳腺癌认知门户的接受度和利用率。通过聚焦易用性和有用性这两个主要方面的技术接受模型，对从ChatGPT和疾病控制与预防中心（CDC）网站检索到的乳腺癌信息进行了定性比较分析。使用了乳腺癌患者和公众常问的常见问题进行评估。为每个问题所涵盖的基本要素创建了一个清单。在编码过程中使用了四个主题（定义、预防、诊断和治疗），并创建了真值表来比较答案。结果表明，ChatGPT的设计使其成为一个便于发起对话、能即时获取对想法和问题的澄清与解释的平台。与CDC网站相比，ChatGPT提供了关于乳腺癌的充分且正确的信息，从多个可靠来源收集信息，并且提供了更好的信息获取途径。然而，ChatGPT缺乏问责制，其回复的性质会随时间变化。总体而言，ChatGPT是传播乳腺癌健康信息的一个有前景的媒介，也是提高对该疾病的认知和增进公众健康知识的重要工具。
