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In this paper we describe a conversational virtual agent that is designed to be used in conjunction with group medical visits to help treat individuals with chronic pain and depression using non-medical treatments including yoga, meditation, and self-massage. Results from two rounds of pilot testing indicate that patients like the virtual agent and find that it helps them manage their condition.
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This work was funded by grant AD-1304-6218 from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute.
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Shamekhi, A., Bickmore, T., Lestoquoy, A., Negash, L., Gardiner, P. (2016). Blissful Agents: Adjuncts to Group Medical Visits for Chronic Pain and Depression. In: Traum, D., Swartout, W., Khooshabeh, P., Kopp, S., Scherer, S., Leuski, A. (eds) Intelligent Virtual Agents. IVA 2016. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 10011. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-47665-0_49
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