Ovarian Cancer Screening and AI

Arms (2)

1. type

   OTHER

   label

   Control (ChatGPT Control Condition)

   description

   Participants in this arm engage in a three-turn conversation with ChatGPT. The AI's role is to: * Discuss the participant's perception of how dangerous ovarian cancer is. * Provide factual information on prevalence, lifetime risk, mortality rates, and general epidemiology. * Avoid any mention of screening tests, guideline recommendations, or screening benefits/harms. * Keep responses concise (5-8 sentences per turn). * Begin by reacting to the participant's opening question: "In your mind, how dangerous is ovarian cancer?"

   interventionNames

   1. Behavioral: ChatGPT - Control

2. type

   EXPERIMENTAL

   label

   Experimental (ChatGPT Evidence-Based Screening Discussion)

   description

   Participants in this arm engage in a three-turn conversation with ChatGPT. The AI's role is to: * Ask participants to elaborate on their reasons for recommending ovarian cancer screening. * Provide clear, evidence-based information about benefits and harms of ovarian cancer screening in average-risk women. * Refer to key findings from large trials (e.g., PLCO, UKCTOCS) with absolute numbers (false-positive rates, unnecessary surgeries, complication rates, lack of mortality benefit). * Summarize positions of major U.S. guidelines (e.g., USPSTF, ACOG), including recommendation against routine screening in asymptomatic, average-risk women. * Evaluate the evidence and state whether routine screening is supported based on current data. * Maintain a respectful, non-judgmental tone; critique evidence, not the participant. * Keep responses concise (5-8 sentences per turn). * Begin by responding to the participant's opening question: "Why do you recommend ovarian cancer screening?"