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Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/59527, first published .
Patients’ and Health Care Professionals’ Expectations of Virtual Therapeutic Agents in Outpatient Aftercare: Qualitative Survey Study

Patients’ and Health Care Professionals’ Expectations of Virtual Therapeutic Agents in Outpatient Aftercare: Qualitative Survey Study

Patients’ and Health Care Professionals’ Expectations of Virtual Therapeutic Agents in Outpatient Aftercare: Qualitative Survey Study

Authors of this article:

Diana Immel1 Author Orcid Image ;   Bernhard Hilpert2, 3, 4 Author Orcid Image ;   Patricia Schwarz5 Author Orcid Image ;   Andreas Hein5 Author Orcid Image ;   Patrick Gebhard2 Author Orcid Image ;   Simon Barton1 Author Orcid Image ;   René Hurlemann1 Author Orcid Image
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Diana Immel   1 , DipFH ;   Bernhard Hilpert   2, 3, 4 , MSc ;   Patricia Schwarz   5 , MSc ;   Andreas Hein   5 , PhD ;   Patrick Gebhard   2 , PhD ;   Simon Barton   1 * , PhD ;   René Hurlemann   1 * , MSc, MD, PhD

1 Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany

2 Affective Computing Group, Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Künstliche Intelligenz GmbH, German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence, Kaiserslautern, Germany

3 Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science, Leiden University, Snellius Gebouw, Leiden, The Netherlands

4 Department of Computer Science, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

5 Assistance Systems and Medical Device Technology, Department for Health Services Research, School of Medicine & Health Sciences, Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany

*these authors contributed equally

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  • Diana Immel, DipFH
  • Department of Psychiatry
  • School of Medicine and Health Sciences
  • Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg
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  • Germany
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