Journal
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EATING DISORDERS
Volume 54, Issue 7, Pages 1250-1259Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/eat.23510
Keywords
feasibility studies; feeding and eating disorders; health services research; machine learning; precision medicine; statistical methodology; support vector machine; treatment outcome
Funding
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute [T32 HL076134]
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This study explored the feasibility of using machine learning to generate personalized predictions of symptom trajectories among patients receiving treatment for eating disorders (EDs), and compared the performance to logistic regression prediction model. The best-performing machine learning model was the radial-kernel support vector machine with an AUC of 0.94, but it did not significantly outperform logistic regression. Logistic regression significantly improved upon chance prediction.
Objective Patterns of response to eating disorder (ED) treatment are heterogeneous. Advance knowledge of a patient's expected course may inform precision medicine for ED treatment. This study explored the feasibility of applying machine learning to generate personalized predictions of symptom trajectories among patients receiving treatment for EDs, and compared model performance to a simpler logistic regression prediction model. Method Participants were adolescent girls and adult women (N = 333) presenting for residential ED treatment. Self-report progress assessments were completed at admission, discharge, and weekly throughout treatment. Latent growth mixture modeling previously identified three latent treatment response trajectories (Rapid Response, Gradual Response, and Low-Symptom Static Response) and assigned a trajectory type to each patient. Machine learning models (support vector, k-nearest neighbors) and logistic regression were applied to these data to predict a patient's response trajectory using data from the first 2 weeks of treatment. Results The best-performing machine learning model (evaluated via area under the receiver operating characteristics curve [AUC]) was the radial-kernel support vector machine (AUC(RADIAL) = 0.94). However, the more computationally-intensive machine learning models did not improve predictive power beyond that achieved by logistic regression (AUC(LOGIT) = 0.93). Logistic regression significantly improved upon chance prediction (M-AUC[NULL] = 0.50, SD = .01; p <.001). Discussion Prediction of ED treatment response trajectories is feasible and achieves excellent performance, however, machine learning added little benefit. We discuss the need to explore how advance knowledge of expected trajectories may be used to plan treatment and deliver individualized interventions to maximize treatment effects.
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