What Do People Want from an AI-Assisted Screening App for Sexually Transmitted Infection-Related Anogenital Lesions: A Discrete Choice Experiment

Abstract

Background: One of the World Health Organization (WHO) recommendations to achieve its global targets for sexually transmitted infections (STIs) is the increased use of digital technologies. Melbourne Sexual Health Centre (MSHC) has developed an AI-assisted screening application (app) called AiSTi for the detection of common STI-related anogenital skin conditions. This study aims to understand the community’s preference for using the AiSTi app. Methods: We used a discrete choice experiment (DCE) to understand community preferences regarding the attributes of the AiSTi app for checking anogenital skin lesions. The DCE design included the attributes: data type; AI accuracy; verification of resu..