External validation of a machine learning classifier to identify unhealthy alcohol use in hospitalized patients.

Background and Aims: Unhealthy alcohol use (UAU) is one of the leading causes of global morbidity. A machine learning approach to alcohol screening could accelerate best practices when integrated into electronic health record (EHR) systems. This study aimed to validate externally a natural language...

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Publicado en:Addiction Vol. 117; no. 4; pp. 925 - 934
Autores principales: Lin, Yiqi, Sharma, Brihat, Thompson, Hale M., Boley, Randy, Perticone, Kathryn, Chhabra, Neeraj, Afshar, Majid, Karnik, Niranjan S.
Formato: research tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: Wiley-Blackwell Apr2022
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          Lin, Yiqi
          Sharma, Brihat
          Thompson, Hale M.
          Boley, Randy
          Perticone, Kathryn
          Chhabra, Neeraj
          Afshar, Majid
          Karnik, Niranjan S.
        affil: Rush Medical College, Rush University, Chicago IL,, USA
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          Hospitalization
          Alcohol Abuse Classification
          Machine Learning Utilization
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          External Validity
          Natural Language Processing
          Inpatients
          Retrospective Design
          Prospective Studies
          Midwestern United States
          Electronic Health Records
          Documentation
          Clinical Assessment Tools
          External Validity Evaluation
          Female
          Male
          ROC Curve
          Confidence Intervals
          Predictive Value of Tests
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      ab: Background and Aims: Unhealthy alcohol use (UAU) is one of the leading causes of global morbidity. A machine learning approach to alcohol screening could accelerate best practices when integrated into electronic health record (EHR) systems. This study aimed to validate externally a natural language processing (NLP) classifier developed at an independent medical center. Design Retrospective cohort study. Setting: The site for validation was a midwestern United States tertiary‐care, urban medical center that has an inpatient structured universal screening model for unhealthy substance use and an active addiction consult service. Participants/Cases: Unplanned admissions of adult patients between October 23, 2017 and December 31, 2019, with EHR documentation of manual alcohol screening were included in the cohort (n = 57 605). Measurements The Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) served as the reference standard. AUDIT scores ≥5 for females and ≥8 for males served as cases for UAU. To examine error in manual screening or under‐reporting, a post hoc error analysis was conducted, reviewing discordance between the NLP classifier and AUDIT‐derived reference. All clinical notes excluding the manual screening and AUDIT documentation from the EHR were included in the NLP analysis. Findings Using clinical notes from the first 24 hours of each encounter, the NLP classifier demonstrated an area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUCROC) and precision‐recall area under the curve (PRAUC) of 0.91 (95% CI = 0.89–0.92) and 0.56 (95% CI = 0.53–0.60), respectively. At the optimal cut point of 0.5, sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value (PPV), and negative predictive value (NPV) were 0.66 (95% CI = 0.62–0.69), 0.98 (95% CI = 0.98–0.98), 0.35 (95% CI = 0.33–0.38), and 1.0 (95% CI = 1.0–1.0), respectively. Conclusions: External validation of a publicly available alcohol misuse classifier demonstrates adequate sensitivity and specificity for routine clinical use as an automated screening tool for identifying at‐risk patients.
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