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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Digit. Health
Sec. Health Technology Implementation
Volume 6 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fdgth.2024.1466211

Generative AI-based Knowledge Graphs for the Illustration and Development of mHealth Self-Management Content

Provisionally accepted
  • 1 Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Geneva, Switzerland
  • 2 Université de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
  • 3 Department of Precision and Regenerative Medicine and Ionian Area, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy

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    Background: Digital therapeutics (DTx) in the form of mobile health (mHealth) selfmanagement programs have demonstrated effectiveness in reducing disease activity across various diseases, including fibromyalgia and arthritis. However, the content of online selfmanagement programs varies widely, making them difficult to compare. Aim: This study aims to employ generative artificial intelligence (AI)-based knowledge graphs and network analysis to categorize and structure mHealth content at the example of a fibromyalgia self-management program. Methods: A multimodal mHealth online self-management program targeting fibromyalgia and post-viral fibromyalgia-like syndromes was developed. In addition to general content, the program was customized to address specific features and digital personas identified through hierarchical agglomerative clustering applied to a cohort of 202 patients with chronic musculoskeletal pain syndromes undergoing multimodal assessment. Text files consisting of 22,150 words divided into 24 modules were used as the input data. Two generative AI web applications, ChatGPT-4 (OpenAI) and Infranodus (Nodus Labs), were used to create knowledge graphs and perform text network analysis, including 3D visualization. A sentiment analysis of 129 patient feedback entries was performed. Results: The ChatGPT-generated knowledge graph model provided a simple visual overview with five primary edges: 'Mental health challenges', 'Stress and its impact', 'Immune system function', 'Long COVID and fibromyalgia' and 'Pain management and therapeutic approaches'. The 3D visualization provided a more complex knowledge graph, with the term 'pain' appearing as the central edge, closely connecting with 'sleep', 'body', and 'stress'. Topical cluster analysis identified categories such as 'chronic pain management', 'sleep hygiene', 'immune system function', 'cognitive therapy', 'healthy eating', 'emotional development', 'fibromyalgia causes', and 'deep relaxation'. Gap analysis highlighted missing links, such as between 'negative behavior' and 'systemic inflammation.' Retro-engineering of the selfmanagement program showed significant conceptual similarities between the knowledge graph and the original text analysis. Sentiment analysis of free text patient comments revealed that most relevant topics were addressed by the online program, with the exception of social contacts. Conclusion: Generative AI tools for text network analysis can effectively structure and illustrate DTx content. Knowledge graphs are valuable for increasing the transparency of selfmanagement programs, developing new conceptual frameworks, and incorporating feedback loops.

    Keywords: Fibromyalgia, knowledge graph, Chronic musculoskeletal pain syndromes, artificial intelligence, Large Language Model, ChatGPT, MHealth (mobile Health)

    Received: 17 Jul 2024; Accepted: 25 Sep 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Blanchard, Venerito, Ming-Azevedo and Hügle. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Thomas Hügle, Université de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland

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