Accelerating depression intervention: identifying critical psychological factors using MCDM-MOORA technique for early therapy initiation.

Autor: Majumder P; Jain (Deemed-to-Be) University, Jain Global Campus, Bangalore, India.; Department of Computer Science & Engineering, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India., Pal A; The Inference, Mental Health Clinic, Kolkata, West Bengal, India., Dorai DR; Jain (Deemed-to-Be) University, Jain Global Campus, Bangalore, India., Gopinathan B; Department of CSE, Adhiyamaan College of Engineering, Hosur, India., Mallik S; Department of Environmental Health, Harvard T H Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA. smallik@arizona.edu., Ahmad N; College of Computer Science, King Khalid University, 62529, Abha, Saudi Arabia. nagqadir@kku.edu.sa., Badawy AS; College of Computer Science, King Khalid University, 62529, Abha, Saudi Arabia., Changalasetty SB; College of Computer Science, King Khalid University, 62529, Abha, Saudi Arabia.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Annals of general psychiatry [Ann Gen Psychiatry] 2024 Oct 09; Vol. 23 (1), pp. 35. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Oct 09.
DOI: 10.1186/s12991-024-00518-w
Abstrakt: Background: A thorough psychosocial assessment is time-consuming, often requiring multiple sessions to uncover the psychological factors contributing to mental illness, such as depression. The duration varies depending on the severity of the patient's condition and how effectively the psychotherapist can establish rapport. However, prolonged assessment periods pose a significant risk of patient deterioration.
Methods: The comprehensive psychosocial intervention, led by the Multi-Criteria Decision-Making (MCDM) approach utilizing the Multi-Objective Optimization by Ratio Analysis (MOORA) method, played a pivotal role in identifying the key psychological factors contributing to the depression of the client among the 21 factors specified by BDI-II analysis.
Results: The integration of the MOORA strategy compared to traditional psychotherapy on 254 samples demonstrates a Jaccard similarity coefficient of 0.8, with a minimum error margin of 7% (vulnerability index = 0.57), indicating a significant agreement between the two approaches, both converging towards a similar solution. For patients with extreme depression, the number of sessions reduced from 18 ± 2 to 11 ± 2, showing a 33-35% reduction (χ 2  = 6.94, p = 0.008). Severe depression patients experienced a reduction from 14 ± 2 to 8 ± 1 sessions i.e., 34-39% reduction (χ 2  = 8.32, p = 0.004). Moderate depression patients saw sessions drop from 9 ± 1 to 5 ± 1, i.e., 37-43% reduction (χ 2  = 0.29, p = 0.001). The accuracy for detecting dominant psychological factors improved to 82.88% for extreme, 86.74% for severe, and 90.34% for moderate depression, respectively.
Conclusion: The implementation of MOORA facilitated the identification and prioritization of key psychosocial intervention strategies, making the process significantly faster compared to traditional methods. This acceleration greatly enhanced the precision and efficacy of the work. Additionally, critical vulnerable factors were identified through ordered statistics and correlation analysis [Pearson (r) = 0.8929 and Spearman's rank (ρ) = 0.7551] on the Beck Depression Inventory-II model. These findings were supported by other MCDM schemes such as EDAS and TOPSIS, demonstrating high stability and robustness in dynamic decision-making environments, maintaining consistency across scenarios adapted by different psychotherapists. Overall, the combined application of MCDM (MOORA) and targeted psychological interventions yielded substantial positive outcomes in enhancing the well-being of individuals with psychological illnesses, such as depression, cognitive, affective, and somatic syndromes.
(© 2024. The Author(s).)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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