Artificial Intelligence-generated answers to patients' questions on asthma: the AIR-Asthma study.

Journal: The journal of allergy and clinical immunology. In practice
Published Date: May 7, 2025

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Asthma is a prevalent chronic respiratory disease requiring ongoing patient education and individualized management. The increasing reliance on digital tools, particularly generative artificial intelligence (AI), to answer health-related questions has raised concerns about the accuracy, reliability, and comprehensibility of AI-generated information for people living with asthma.

Authors

  • Mattia Nigro
    Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Via Rita Levi Montalcini 4, 20072, Pieve Emanuele, Milan, Italy; IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Respiratory Unit, Via Manzoni 56, 20089, Rozzano, Milan, Italy. Electronic address: mattia.nigro@humanitas.it.
  • Andrea Aliverti
    Dipartimento di Elettronica, Informazione e Bioingegneria, Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo Da Vinci 32, 20133, Milan, Italy.
  • Alessandra Angelucci
    Dipartimento di Elettronica, Informazione e Bioingegneria, Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo Da Vinci 32, 20133, Milan, Italy.
  • Fulvio Braido
    IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino; Università di Genova, DiMI, Genoa, Italy.
  • Giorgio W Canonica
    Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Via Rita Levi Montalcini 4, 20072, Pieve Emanuele, Milan, Italy; Personalized Medicine Asthma & Allergy , IRCCS Humanitas Research Center, Via Alessandro Manzoni 56, 20089, Rozzano, Milan, Italy.
  • Apostolos Bossios
    Karolinska Severe Asthma Centre, Department of Respiratory Medicine and Allergy, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden; Division of Lung and Airway Research, Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; Lung Laboratory, Centre for Molecular Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.
  • Hilary Pinnock
    Usher Institute, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
  • Jeanette Boyd
    European Lung Foundation, Sheffield, UK.
  • Pippa Powell
    European Lung Foundation, Sheffield, UK.
  • Stefano Aliberti
    Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Via Rita Levi Montalcini 4, 20072, Pieve Emanuele, Milan, Italy; IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Respiratory Unit, Via Manzoni 56, 20089, Rozzano, Milan, Italy.

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