A Cross-Sectional Study Evaluating the Quality of AI-Generated Patient Education Guides on Diet and Exercise for Diabetes, Hypertension, and Obesity Using ChatGPT-4o, Google Gemini 1.5, Claude Sonnet 4, Perplexity, and Grok

Charane Sree Aenuginti, Tejaswi Mangalagiri, Naga Sai Gouthami Gurujala, Vasantha Kumar Polisetty, Prashasti Sharma, Yashaswi Guntupalli, Subhash K Reddy

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DOI: 10.7759/cureus.106221
Published: 2026-03-31
Container: Cureus
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
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@article{allodium:10.7759/cureus.106221,
  title = {A Cross-Sectional Study Evaluating the Quality of AI-Generated Patient Education Guides on Diet and Exercise for Diabetes, Hypertension, and Obesity Using ChatGPT-4o, Google Gemini 1.5, Claude Sonnet 4, Perplexity, and Grok},
  author = {Charane Sree Aenuginti and Tejaswi Mangalagiri and Naga Sai Gouthami Gurujala and Vasantha Kumar Polisetty and Prashasti Sharma and Yashaswi Guntupalli and Subhash K Reddy},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {Cureus},
  doi = {10.7759/cureus.106221},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.106221}
}

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TY  - JOUR
TI  - A Cross-Sectional Study Evaluating the Quality of AI-Generated Patient Education Guides on Diet and Exercise for Diabetes, Hypertension, and Obesity Using ChatGPT-4o, Google Gemini 1.5, Claude Sonnet 4, Perplexity, and Grok
AU  - Charane Sree Aenuginti
AU  - Tejaswi Mangalagiri
AU  - Naga Sai Gouthami Gurujala
AU  - Vasantha Kumar Polisetty
AU  - Prashasti Sharma
AU  - Yashaswi Guntupalli
AU  - Subhash K Reddy
PY  - 2026
JO  - Cureus
DO  - 10.7759/cureus.106221
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Aenuginti, C. S., Mangalagiri, T., Gurujala, N. S. G., Polisetty, V. K., Sharma, P., Guntupalli, Y., & Reddy, S. K. (2026). A Cross-Sectional Study Evaluating the Quality of AI-Generated Patient Education Guides on Diet and Exercise for Diabetes, Hypertension, and Obesity Using ChatGPT-4o, Google Gemini 1.5, Claude Sonnet 4, Perplexity, and Grok. Cureus. https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.106221

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