Development and Validation of a Machine Learning Model for Predicting Medication Adherence Among Home-Dwelling Elderly Patients: A Retrospective Cross-Sectional Study.

To develop an interpretable machine learning prediction model that fills the above research gap to predict the medication adherence of elderly patients with chronic diseases in China. Methods: From January to December 2024, data were collected from chronic disease patients aged 60 years and older re...

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Publicado en:Patient Preference & Adherence Vol. 20; pp. 1 - 18
Autores principales: Zhang, Yujie, Han, Yongli, Yin, Xuemei, Tian, Yue, Wu, Mingfen
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Publicado: Dove Medical Press Ltd May2026
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          Zhang, Yujie
          Han, Yongli
          Yin, Xuemei
          Tian, Yue
          Wu, Mingfen
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          Machine Learning
          Prediction Models Evaluation
          Medication Compliance Evaluation
          Community Living In Old Age
          Chronic Disease Drug Therapy
          Human
          Retrospective Design
          Record Review
          Nonexperimental Studies
          Comparative Studies
          Cross Sectional Studies
          Middle Age
          Aged
          Aged, 80 and Over
          Interviews
          Pharmacists
          Comorbidity
          Self-Efficacy
          Support, Social
          Health Literacy
          Multiple Logistic Regression
          Machine Learning Algorithms
          Boosting Machine Learning Algorithms
          Confidence Intervals
          China
          Questionnaires
          Female
          Male
          Marital Status
          Educational Status
          Employment Status
          Income
          Disease Duration
          Support Vector Machine
          Decision Trees
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          Descriptive Statistics
          Data Analysis Software
          Mann-Whitney U Test
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          Fisher's Exact Test
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          Middle Aged: 45-64 years
          Aged: 65+ years
          Aged, 80 & over
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      ab: To develop an interpretable machine learning prediction model that fills the above research gap to predict the medication adherence of elderly patients with chronic diseases in China. Methods: From January to December 2024, data were collected from chronic disease patients aged 60 years and older receiving home-based medication therapy through face-to-face interviews conducted by pharmacists. Variables included demographic information, comorbidities, chronic diseases and medications information, medication adherence, self-efficacy in rational drug use, medication beliefs, social support, and medication literacy. The dataset was randomly divided into a training set and a test set at a 7:3 ratio. Multivariate logistic regression analysis was performed on all data, and predictors were selected from the training set via the Least Absolute Shrinkage and Selection Operator (LASSO). Six machine learning algorithms were applied in R software to develop predictive models using the training set, and their performance was compared on the test set. The Shapley Additive Explanations (SHAP) approach was used to interpret the optimal model. Results: A total of 1722 patients were included in the statistical analysis. The gradient boosting machine (GBM) exhibited the best predictive performance among the six models (AUC = 0.811, 95% CI 0.774– 0.840), with its core predictors being self-efficacy in rational drug use, medication practice, concern beliefs, and availability of social support. Through SHAP analysis, the interpretability of the model was significantly enhanced, providing a clear decision-making basis for clinicians. Conclusion: We constructed a prediction model for home medication adherence in elderly patients with chronic diseases, which incorporates important social and psychological factors affecting patients' adherence and provides robust evidence for developing targeted interventions.
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