Key result
ChatGPT-3.5 provides fair knee osteoarthritis answers with a 51 DISCERN score but lacks reliable citations.
Why the study?
Patient education is crucial in healthcare, and with the adoption of artificial intelligence, the use of online chatbots is inevitable, warranting evaluation of ChatGPT-3.5 in answering common patient questions about knee osteoarthritis.
Population
10 frequently asked questions about knee osteoarthritis collected from 10 separate healthcare institution…
Design
Other
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May supplement physician education on knee OA; leaves open validation of accuracy and readability before adoption.
Cross-Sectional (n=10)
ChatGPT-3.5 provides fair but unreferenced responses to knee osteoarthritis questions at a college reading level, indicating it should only supplement, not replace, physician-led patient education.
Gilmore et al. (2024) conducted a cross-sectional in Knee Osteoarthritis (n=10). ChatGPT-3.5 was evaluated on Average DISCERN score. ChatGPT-3.5 provided fair responses to common patient questions about knee osteoarthritis with an average DISCERN score of 51, though all responses lacked reliable citations and were written at a college reading level.
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