Accuracy of laypeople, symptom checkers, and large language models with patient-generated case vignettes
- Conditions
- Various diseases are shown in the form of case vignettes. No disease/health problem is examined directly.
- Registration Number
- DRKS00032895
- Lead Sponsor
- Fachgebiet Arbeitswissenschaft, Technische Universität Berlin
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 202
Inclusion Criteria
US residents
Exclusion Criteria
- Participation in prior studies of the chair/institute
- Professional medical training
Study & Design
- Study Type
- observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Accuracy when assessing vignettes. For each case vignette, participants decide whether it is (a) an emergency, (b) urgent symptoms (seeking care within 1 day), (c) a non-emergency where care is sufficient within a week, or (d) symptoms that can be self-treated.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method - Accuracy differentiated by triage level<br>- Safety of advice<br>- Comprehensiveness (for symptom checkers only)<br>- Inclination to overtriage<br>- Item Difficulty<br>- Item-Total Correlation<br>- Capability Comparison Score