Objective: to evaluate if a fully-automated diagnostic interview for insomnia disorder is suitable for clinical and research purposes (adequate sensitivity and specificity) and is acceptable to patients. Study main outcomes: 1. Concurrent validity (sensitivity and specificity) compared to a gold standard. Gold standard: clinical diagnosis of a clinician using a validated structured clinical interview for the DSM 5 criteria of insomnia disorder 2. Acceptability of the fully-automated interview. Participants: Volunteers to undergo the clinical and the automated interview will be recruited through non-probability convenience sampling from patients attending the sleep clinic at Bordeaux University Hospital between May 2023 and July 2023.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
56
Volunteers will undergo two clinical interviews, an in person clinician-led interview and a fully-automated interview administered via mobile phone
University Hospital of Bordeaux
Bordeaux, France
Concurrent validity (sensitivity and specificity)
Calculated with a gold standard evaluation consisting of the clinical diagnosis of a clinician using a validated structured clinical interview for the DSM 5 criteria of insomnia disorder
Time frame: May-July 2023
Acceptability of the fully-automated interview
It will be measured with the Acceptability E-Scale (AES), that comprises six items and provides a total score as well as two subscores regarding usability (i.e. the perceived ease of using the system) and satisfaction with the system. Items are answered on a five-point Likert-type scale ranging from 1: Very unsatisfied, to 5: Very satisfied. Therefore, higher scores connote better acceptability.
Time frame: May-July 2023
Perceptions of the virtual agent
It will be measured with the ECA-Trust Questionnaire (ETQ), that includes six items that are answered on a four-point Likert-type scale ranging from 0: Not at all, to 3: Totally agree. It provides a total score as well as subscores on two separate dimensions, named perceived credibility and perceived benevolence of the virtual agent conducting the digital interview. Higher scores connote more trust.
Time frame: May-July 2023
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