A Therapeutic Conversational Agent (Solace) for Management of Chronic Pain: Acceptability and Usability Study

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This study evaluates Solace, an expert-trained generative AI conversational agent designed to provide support grounded in evidence-based pain psychology for individuals with chronic pain. The resource details an acceptability and usability assessment involving 175 participants who interacted with the agent for at least 25 minutes. It reports high ratings for system usability, treatment acceptability, and therapeutic alliance, alongside self-reported improvements in anxiety, pain interference, kinesiophobia, and pain resilience following a single session.

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dc4790231b1c4dc2
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PubMed Central
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P. Maxwell Slepian (University Health Network), Stephanie Buryk-Iggers (University Health Network), Anna M. Lomanowska (University Health Network), Binh Nguyen, Tahir Janmohamed, Hance Clarke (University Health Network), Joel Katz (University Health Network), Nils Georg Niederstrasser (University of Portsmouth)
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2026-02-19
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gold
DOI
10.2196/87689
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@article{allodium:dc4790231b1c4dc2,
  title = {A Therapeutic Conversational Agent (Solace) for Management of Chronic Pain: Acceptability and Usability Study},
  author = {P. Maxwell Slepian and Stephanie Buryk-Iggers and Anna M. Lomanowska and Binh Nguyen and Tahir Janmohamed and Hance Clarke and Joel Katz and Nils Georg Niederstrasser},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {PubMed Central},
  doi = {10.2196/87689},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.2196/87689}
}

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TI  - A Therapeutic Conversational Agent (Solace) for Management of Chronic Pain: Acceptability and Usability Study
AU  - Slepian, P. Maxwell
AU  - Buryk-Iggers, Stephanie
AU  - Lomanowska, Anna M.
AU  - Nguyen, Binh
AU  - Janmohamed, Tahir
AU  - Clarke, Hance
AU  - Katz, Joel
AU  - Niederstrasser, Nils Georg
PY  - 2026
PB  - PubMed Central
DO  - 10.2196/87689
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Slepian, P. M., Buryk-Iggers, S., Lomanowska, A. M., Nguyen, B., Janmohamed, T., Clarke, H., Katz, J., & Niederstrasser, N. G. (2026). A Therapeutic Conversational Agent (Solace) for Management of Chronic Pain: Acceptability and Usability Study. PubMed Central. https://doi.org/10.2196/87689

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