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Refining time intervals in survival models improves COVID-19 risk assessment. Advanced models and stratified intervals enhance predictive accuracy for evolving infectious diseases, outperforming standard methods when assumptions are met.

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Area of Science:

  • Epidemiology
  • Biostatistics
  • Computational Biology

Background:

  • The COVID-19 pandemic necessitates robust survival models for infectious diseases.
  • Standard Cox proportional hazards (PH) models struggle with time-dependent effects due to constant covariate assumptions.
  • Advanced models are needed to accurately capture disease dynamics and time-varying risks.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate and improve survival models for assessing time-dependent effects in infectious diseases.
  • To compare the performance of Cox PH, machine learning, and deep learning survival models.
  • To refine risk estimation for COVID-19 variants using enhanced modeling techniques.

Main Methods:

  • Applied stratified Cox PH models with multiple time intervals to satisfy PH assumptions.
  • Evaluated machine learning (Random Survival Forest) and deep learning (DeepSurv, DeepHit) models via simulations.
  • Introduced refined time-interval division and weighted sum approach for integrated hazard ratios of COVID-19 variants.

Main Results:

  • Increasing time intervals significantly improved predictive accuracy.
  • Cox PH model outperformed ML/DL models when PH assumptions were met.
  • Refined hazard ratios for COVID-19 variants revealed declining risk: Early (29.359), EU1 (20.734), Alpha (4.079).

Conclusions:

  • Refining time intervals enhances understanding of time-dependent effects in infectious disease survival analysis.
  • Stratified intervals and advanced models improve risk assessment and predictive accuracy for COVID-19 and other evolving diseases.
  • This approach offers a more nuanced view of disease progression and risk factors over time.