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  • Machine Learning
  • Biostatistics
  • Psychiatry

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  • Decision-tree methods are valued for their interpretability in decision-making.
  • Predicting individual patient treatment outcomes requires robust analytical tools.
  • Existing methods may not optimally handle multilevel and longitudinal data structures.

Purpose of the Study:

  • Introduce GLMM trees (Generalized Linear Mixed Model trees) as a novel decision-tree method.
  • Adapt decision-tree methodology for analyzing complex multilevel and longitudinal datasets.
  • Evaluate the performance of GLMM trees against traditional methods for clinical prediction.

Main Methods:

  • Applied GLMM trees to a dataset of 3,256 young individuals receiving mental health services in the UK.
  • Regressed two treatment outcomes on 18 baseline demographic, case, and severity characteristics.
  • Compared GLMM trees with traditional GLMMs and random forests using cross-validation.

Main Results:

  • GLMM trees demonstrated modest predictive accuracy (cross-validated multiple R values of .18 and .25).
  • Predictive performance was comparable to traditional GLMMs and random forests.
  • GLMM trees required the evaluation of fewer variables than comparative methods.

Conclusions:

  • GLMM trees represent a valuable tool for data analysis in clinical prediction.
  • The method offers a balance of interpretability and analytical power for complex health data.
  • A tutorial for replicating analyses in R is available in supplementary materials.