Effects of Mobile-Based AI-Enhanced Health Counseling on Protection Motivation, Self-Care Behaviors, and Periodontal Treatment Outcomes in Patients With Periodontitis: Randomized Controlled Trial

You-Jie Hu   ¹ , MS ;   Pei-Chen Lin   ^{1, 2} , PhD ;   Pei-Chao Lin   ^{2, 3, 4, 5, 6} , PhD ;   Chiung-Lin Huang   ⁷ , DDS ;   Chih-Chang Chen   ⁸ , MS ;   Koichiro Matsuo   ⁹ , DDS, PhD ;   Chien-Hung Lee   ^{2, 10, 11} , PhD ;   Hsiao-Ling Huang   ^{1, 2, 5} , DrPH

¹ Department of Oral Hygiene, College of Dental Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

² Department of Medical Research, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

³ School of Nursing, College of Nursing, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

⁴ Master Program of Long-Term Care in Aging, College of Nursing, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

⁵ Center for Neurotechnology and Assistive Technology, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

⁶ Center for Long-Term Care Research, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

⁷ Division of Periodontics, Department of Dentistry, Kaohsiung Medical University Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

⁸ School of Dentistry, College of Dental Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

⁹ Department of Oral Health Sciences for Community Welfare, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Institute of Science Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

¹⁰ Department of Public Health, College of Health Science, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

¹¹ Research Center for Precision Environmental Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan