Advancing health coaching: a comparative study of large language model and health coaches

• Main Authors: Ong, Qi Chwen, Ang, Chin-Siang, Chee, Davidson Zun Yin, Lawate, Ashwini, Sundram, Frederick, Dalakoti, Mayank, Pasalic, Leonardo, To, Daniel, Erlikh Fox, Tatiana, Bojic, Iva, Car, Josip
• Other Authors: Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (LKCMedicine)
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2025
• Subjects: Medicine, Health and Life Sciences; Human evaluation; Retrieval-augmented generation
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/182050; https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85207061208
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Recent advances in large language models (LLM) offer opportunities to automate health coaching. With zero-shot learning ability, LLMs could revolutionize health coaching by providing better accessibility, scalability, and customization. The aim of this study is to compare the quality of responses to clients' sleep-related questions provided by health coaches and an LLM.