McKnight’s Senior Living November 9, 2023
A lot of new artificial intelligence tools are being deployed in senior care settings, with one main goal being the assumption of administrative tasks to lessen the mental strain on staff members
Now, a new study is looking at whether AI can directly detect levels of anxiety and depression in caregivers.
The AI-evaluated transcripts of psychiatric appointments of more than 800 healthcare workers, roughly half of them nurses, and found a higher risk for anxiety and depression among this cohort, study authors reported.
AI also was able to categorize employees’ concerns into useful groupings, such as whether their fears were related to viruses such as COVID-19, or to working with patients.
Although the psych consultations took place during the pandemic...
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