在糖尿病和抑郁症的常规临床数据中使用结构方程建模:观察性队列研究
Amy Ronaldson1, Mark Freestone1, Haoyuan Zhang2
1Wolfson Institute of Population Health, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom.
JMIRx med
|September 19, 2023
概括
结构方程建模 (SEM) 在分析2型糖尿病患者的常规临床数据方面表现有前途. 虽然SEM部分支持抑郁症和较差结果之间的已知关联,但注意到数据质量问题,影响了其充分的效用.
科学领域:
- 医疗保健服务研究 医疗服务研究
- 生物统计学 生物统计学
- 临床信息学 临床信息学
背景情况:
- 常规临床数据越来越多地可用于健康研究.
- 结构方程建模 (SEM) 可以从复杂的临床变量中创建研究友好的结构.
- 对于大规模的常规临床数据,SEM提供了一种潜在的分析方法.
研究的目的:
- 将SEM应用于伦敦东部的常规临床数据,以建模2型糖尿病的已知关联.
- 调查抑郁症,糖尿病控制和医疗保健利用之间的关系.
- 通过建模已知的临床关联来测试 SEM 在常规临床数据中的实用性.
主要方法:
- 在东伦敦的一大批例行临床数据数据中使用了SEM.
- 该分析调查了抑郁症,糖尿病控制,糖尿病护理,心理健康治疗和事故和紧急情况 (A&E) 使用之间的关联.
- 隐性变量及其关联是基于现有的临床知识来定义的.
主要成果:
- 抑郁症与糖尿病控制的恶化和A&E使用的增加有关.
- 更糟糕的糖尿病控制意外地与较低的A&E使用有关.
- 心理健康治疗没有显著影响糖尿病控制,但接受糖尿病护理与更好的控制和其他积极结果有关.
结论:
- SEM部分支持使用常规数据对2型糖尿病患者确定的临床关联进行建模.
- 该研究强调了可能影响SEM实用性的数据质量问题.
- 进一步改进数据可以加强SEM在常规临床数据集中的应用.
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