AI and peer coaching for adherence, quality of life, and reduced healthcare burden in chronic diseases.

Purpose and goal

The project prototypes a system to quantify the effect of peer coaching for the chronically ill and tests emotion recognition to learn from human peer coaching conversations to ultimately make both human and AI coaching more responsive and personalized in chronic illnesses.

Expected effects and result

The project provides new knowledge about how language, attitudes and emotions in peer coaching conversations can be analyzed to strengthen motivation, self-care and adherence in chronic diseases.

Planned approach and implementation

The project is being carried out in three phases: analysis of peer coaching data, development of AI components for language and emotion analysis, and pilot studies in collaboration with patients, consumers and companies in California and Sweden.