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. 2024 Feb 14;11(2):240.
doi: 10.3390/children11020240.

Integrating Artificial Intelligence in Pediatric Healthcare: Parental Perceptions and Ethical Implications

Elena Camelia Berghea  1 , Marcela Daniela Ionescu  1 , Radu Marian Gheorghiu  2 , Iulia Florentina Tincu  3 , Claudia Oana Cobilinschi  4 , Mihai Craiu  2 , Mihaela Bălgrădean  1 , Florian Berghea  4
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Integrating Artificial Intelligence in Pediatric Healthcare: Parental Perceptions and Ethical Implications

Elena Camelia Berghea et al. Children (Basel). .

Abstract

Background: Our study aimed to explore the way artificial intelligence (AI) utilization is perceived in pediatric medicine, examining its acceptance among patients (in this case represented by their adult parents), and identify the challenges it presents in order to understand the factors influencing its adoption in clinical settings.

Methods: A structured questionnaire was applied to caregivers (parents or grandparents) of children who presented in tertiary pediatric clinics.

Results: The most significant differentiations were identified in relation to the level of education (e.g., aversion to AI involvement was 22.2% among those with postgraduate degrees, 43.9% among those with university degrees, and 54.5% among those who only completed high school). The greatest fear among respondents regarding the medical use of AI was related to the possibility of errors occurring (70.1%).

Conclusions: The general attitude toward the use of AI can be considered positive, provided that it remains human-supervised, and that the technology used is explained in detail by the physician. However, there were large differences among groups (mainly defined by education level) in the way AI is perceived and accepted.

Keywords: artificial intelligence; attitude; ethics; medicine; pediatric.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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AI acceptance by medical specialty. FD: Family doctor; E: Emergency; S: Surgery; I: Imaging.
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Reasons for AI adoption by working status.
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AI-related fears by working status.
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The amplitude of informed consent requested by the different caregiver education groups.
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