Assessing GPT-4's accuracy in answering clinical pharmacological questions on pain therapy.

Journal: British journal of clinical pharmacology
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Abstract

AIMS: This study aimed to evaluate the accuracy and completeness of GPT-4, a large language model, in answering clinical pharmacological questions related to pain therapy, with a focus on its potential as a tool for delivering patient-facing medical information. The objective was to assess its reliability in delivering medical information in the context of pain management.

Authors

  • Anna Stroop
    Faculty of Health, Department of Medicine, Witten-Herdecke University, Alfred-Herrhausen-Straße 45, 58455, Witten, Germany.
  • Tabea Stroop
    Faculty of Health, Department of Medicine, Witten-Herdecke University, Alfred-Herrhausen-Straße 45, 58455, Witten, Germany.
  • Samer Zawy Alsofy
    Faculty of Health, Department of Medicine, Witten-Herdecke University, Alfred-Herrhausen-Straße 45, 58455, Witten, Germany.
  • Moritz Wegner
    University of Cologne, Department of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
  • Makoto Nakamura
    Department of Neurosurgery, Academic Hospital Köln-Merheim, Witten-Herdecke University, Cologne, Germany.
  • Ralf Stroop
    Faculty of Health, Department of Medicine, Witten-Herdecke University, Alfred-Herrhausen-Straße 45, 58455, Witten, Germany. ralf.stroop@uni-wh.de.