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  • Biostatistics
  • Substance Use Research
  • Clinical Trials

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  • Longitudinal zero-inflated count data are common in substance use research.
  • Existing random effects zero-inflated count models often assume homogeneous random effects covariance.
  • This assumption may not hold in practice, potentially leading to biased estimates.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To extend zero-inflated count models to account for random effects heterogeneity.
  • To model the variance of random effects as a function of covariates.
  • To evaluate the impact of ignoring heterogeneity on statistical estimates.

Main Methods:

  • Development of extended zero-inflated count models incorporating covariate-dependent random effects variance.
  • Simulation studies to assess the performance of the proposed method.
  • Application to data from the Combined Pharmacotherapies and Behavioral Interventions for Alcohol Dependence (COMBINE) study.

Main Results:

  • Ignoring random effects heterogeneity can lead to biased covariate and random effect estimates.
  • The proposed method, by correctly modeling heterogeneity, rectifies these biased estimates.
  • Simulations demonstrate the importance of accounting for covariate-specific variance.

Conclusions:

  • Accounting for random effects heterogeneity is crucial for accurate analysis of longitudinal zero-inflated count data in substance use research.
  • The developed methodology provides a more robust approach for analyzing complex clinical trial data.
  • This advancement can improve the reliability of findings from interventions for substance dependence.