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Resea ch Da a om he PEAK S udy
P ojec Desc ip ion
The PEAK s udy (Pe spec i es on he Use and Accep ance o A i icial In elligence in
Medical Ca e) was unded by he Inno a ion Fund o he Fede al Join Commi ee (G-
BA), g an numbe 01VSF20017. F om 2021 o 2025, esea che s om Ma in Lu he
Uni e si y Halle-Wi enbe g and F ied ich-Alexande Uni e si y E langen-Nü nbe g
conduc ed a mixed-me hods s udy o explo e physicians’ and pa ien s’ pe spec i es on
he use o a i icial in elligence (AI) in medical ca e.
This Zenodo eposi o y p o ides selec ed quali a i e and quan i a i e esea ch da a
collec ed as pa o he PEAK s udy.
Con en s o he Da a Publica ion
Quali a i e Phase
Desc ip ion:
The quali a i e componen included ocus g oup discussions wi h hospi al physicians,
gene al p ac i ione s, and pa ien s. Discussions we e guided by semi-s uc u ed
in e iew guides.
Files included:
- Anonymized ocus g oup ansc ip s (PDF o ma )
- Me ada a able (Excel o ma )
- In e iew guides (PDF o ma )
Rema ks:
T ansc ip s we e pseudonymized and p epa ed by a p o essional ansc ip ion se ice.
No e:
Findings om he quali a i e componen ha e al eady been published. Please ci e he
PEAK s udy and his Zenodo eposi o y when using any o he p o ided ma e ials.
The ollowing publica ions a e based on he da a p o ided in his eposi o y:
Negash, S., Gundlack, J., Buch, C., e al. (2025). Physicians’ a i udes and accep ance
owa ds a i icial in elligence in medical ca e: A quali a i e s udy in Ge many. F on ie s in
Digi al Heal h, 7. h ps://doi.o g/10.3389/ dg h.2025.1616827
Gundlack, J., Thiel, C., Negash, S., e al. (2025). Pa ien s’ pe cep ions o a i icial
in elligence accep ance, challenges, and use in medical ca e: A quali a i e s udy.
Jou nal o Medical In e ne Resea ch, 27, e70487. h ps://doi.o g/10.2196/70487
Gundlack, J., Negash, S., Thiel, C., e al. (2025). A i icial In elligence in Medical Ca e –
Pa ien s’ Pe cep ions on Ca egi ing Rela ionships and E hics: A Quali a i e S udy.
Heal h Expec a ions, 28(2), e70216. h ps://doi.o g/10.1111/hex.70216
Quan i a i e Phase
Desc ip ion:
The quan i a i e phase in ol ed s anda dized su eys conduc ed in 2023 wi h ou
dis inc esponden g oups:
- Hospi al physicians
- Gene al p ac i ione s
- Gene al popula ion ( i s pa ien g oup)
- B oad Consen pa ien s (second pa ien g oup)
Files included:
- Su ey ins umen s (PDF o ma )
- Anonymized da ase s (Excel o ma , .xlsx)
- Codebooks (PDF o ma )
- Me ada a able (Excel o ma )
Supplemen a y No e:
The quan i a i e da a a e cu en ly unde analysis. Su ey ins umen s and s uc u al
documen a ion a e made a ailable he e o suppo anspa ency and seconda y
analysis.
License and Condi ions o Use:
All ma e ials a e p o ided unde he C ea i e Commons A ibu ion 4.0 In e na ional (CC
BY 4.0) license. Reuse is pe mi ed wi h app op ia e ci a ion o he sou ce.
Con ac
Conso ium Lead:
P o . D . Ra ael Mikolajczyk
[email p o ec ed]-halle.de
Ins i u e o Medical Epidemiology, Bios a is ics and In o ma ics (IMEBI)
Ma in Lu he Uni e si y Halle-Wi enbe g
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