期刊
JOURNAL OF MEDICAL INTERNET RESEARCH
卷 25, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
JMIR PUBLICATIONS, INC
DOI: 10.2196/37719
关键词
HIV self-testing; machine learning; MSM; men who have sex with men; secondary distribution; key influencers identification
This study developed a machine learning approach to identify key influencers among Chinese men who have sex with men (MSM) for the secondary distribution of HIV self-testing (HIVST) kits. The results showed that the machine learning models outperformed the human identification approach in terms of accuracy, distribution of kits, and identification of first-time testing alters and positive-testing alters. The approach also increased the simulated intervention's efficiency compared to human identification.
Background: HIV self-testing (HIVST) has been rapidly scaled up and additional strategies further expand testing uptake. Secondary distribution involves people (defined as indexes) applying for multiple kits and subsequently sharing them with people (defined as alters) in their social networks. However, identifying key influencers is difficult. Objective: This study aimed to develop an innovative ensemble machine learning approach to identify key influencers among Chinese men who have sex with men (MSM) for secondary distribution of HIVST kits. Methods: We defined three types of key influencers: (1) key distributors who can distribute more kits, (2) key promoters who can contribute to finding first-time testing alters, and (3) key detectors who can help to find positive alters. Four machine learning models (logistic regression, support vector machine, decision tree, and random forest) were trained to identify key influencers. An ensemble learning algorithm was adopted to combine these 4 models. For comparison with our machine learning models, self-evaluated leadership scales were used as the human identification approach. Four metrics for performance evaluation, including accuracy, precision, recall, and F1-score, were used to evaluate the machine learning models and the human identification approach. Simulation experiments were carried out to validate our approach. Results: We included 309 indexes (our sample size) who were eligible and applied for multiple test kits; they distributed these kits to 269 alters. We compared the performance of the machine learning classification and ensemble learning models with that of the human identification approach based on leadership self-evaluated scales in terms of the 2 nearest cutoffs. Our approach outperformed human identification (based on the cutoff of the self-reported scales), exceeding by an average accuracy of 11.0%, could distribute 18.2% (95% CI 9.9%-26.5%) more kits, and find 13.6% (95% CI 1.9%-25.3%) more first-time testing alters and 12.0% (95% CI -14.7% to 38.7%) more positive-testing alters. Our approach could also increase the simulated intervention's efficiency by 17.7% (95% CI -3.5% to 38.8%) compared to that of human identification. Conclusions: We built machine learning models to identify key influencers among Chinese MSM who were more likely to engage in secondary distribution of HIVST kits.
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