Determining suicide risk in an adolescent population: Questionnaire-based approaches.

Objective: In the context of assessing suicide risk using questionnaires as measurement instruments, the main goals are: (i) to compare the performance of the classification task with knowledge-based algorithms and inferred approaches, and (ii) to reduce the set of questionnaires. Methods: A classif...

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Publicado en:Health Informatics Journal Vol. 32; no. 1; pp. 1 - 22
Autores principales: Varela, Ane, Oronoz, Maite, Casillas, Arantza, Muela, Alexander, García-Ormaza, Jon, Pérez, Alicia
Formato: research tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: Sage Publications Inc. Jan-Mar2026
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          Varela, Ane
          Oronoz, Maite
          Casillas, Arantza
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          García-Ormaza, Jon
          Pérez, Alicia
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          Suicide Psychosocial Factors
          Suicide Risk Factors
          Questionnaires Evaluation
          Algorithms Classification
          Decision Support Systems, Clinical
          Risk Assessment
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          Mann-Whitney U Test
          Machine Learning
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          Summated Rating Scaling
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      ab: Objective: In the context of assessing suicide risk using questionnaires as measurement instruments, the main goals are: (i) to compare the performance of the classification task with knowledge-based algorithms and inferred approaches, and (ii) to reduce the set of questionnaires. Methods: A classification task is performed on the set of questionnaires considering two methods: expert knowledge translated to algorithms and represented as diagrams, and data-inferred machine learning models. Feature ablation is performed to reduce the questionnaire items. Results: Machine learning models are able to detect risk with an F1 macro average score of up to 85%, significantly better than knowledge-based models. The number of questionnaire items can be reduced with no significant impact. Conclusions: Inferred models can be used to predict the level of suicide risk with a reduced set of questionnaires. Moreover, the Suicide Cognitions Scale-Revised questionnaire is seen to be the most impactful in the prediction.
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