Acceptance of virtual agents in a homecare context: Evaluation of excessive daytime sleepiness in apneic patients during interventions by continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) providers

Sleep apnea syndrome treatment relies primarily on continuous positive airway pressure, which requires a homecare follow‐up. Excessive daytime sleepiness is a key symptom to be measured during follow‐up, and there is a need for more easy‐to‐administer, ecological and engaging tools to assess it. Virtual agents have shown their effectiveness in performing clinical evaluation in a medical environment. A virtual agent assessing excessive daytime...