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Main Authors: Xian, Chengqian, de Souza, Camila P. E., He, Wenqing, Rodrigues, Felipe F., Tian, Renfang
Format: Preprint
Published: 2024
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2408.00177
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author Xian, Chengqian
de Souza, Camila P. E.
He, Wenqing
Rodrigues, Felipe F.
Tian, Renfang
author_facet Xian, Chengqian
de Souza, Camila P. E.
He, Wenqing
Rodrigues, Felipe F.
Tian, Renfang
contents Correlated survival data are prevalent in various clinical settings and have been extensively discussed in literature. One of the most common types of correlated survival data is clustered survival data, where the survival times from individuals in a cluster are associated. Our study is motivated by invasive mechanical ventilation data from different intensive care units (ICUs) in Ontario, Canada, forming multiple clusters. The survival times from patients within the same ICU cluster are correlated. To address this association, we introduce a shared frailty log-logistic accelerated failure time model that accounts for intra-cluster correlation through a cluster-specific random intercept. We present a novel, fast variational Bayes (VB) algorithm for parameter inference and evaluate its performance using simulation studies varying the number of clusters and their sizes. We further compare the performance of our proposed VB algorithm with the h-likelihood method and a Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) algorithm. The proposed algorithm delivers satisfactory results and demonstrates computational efficiency over the MCMC algorithm. We apply our method to the ICU ventilation data from Ontario to investigate the ICU site random effect on ventilation duration.
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spellingShingle Fast variational Bayesian inference for correlated survival data: an application to invasive mechanical ventilation duration analysis
Xian, Chengqian
de Souza, Camila P. E.
He, Wenqing
Rodrigues, Felipe F.
Tian, Renfang
Methodology
Correlated survival data are prevalent in various clinical settings and have been extensively discussed in literature. One of the most common types of correlated survival data is clustered survival data, where the survival times from individuals in a cluster are associated. Our study is motivated by invasive mechanical ventilation data from different intensive care units (ICUs) in Ontario, Canada, forming multiple clusters. The survival times from patients within the same ICU cluster are correlated. To address this association, we introduce a shared frailty log-logistic accelerated failure time model that accounts for intra-cluster correlation through a cluster-specific random intercept. We present a novel, fast variational Bayes (VB) algorithm for parameter inference and evaluate its performance using simulation studies varying the number of clusters and their sizes. We further compare the performance of our proposed VB algorithm with the h-likelihood method and a Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) algorithm. The proposed algorithm delivers satisfactory results and demonstrates computational efficiency over the MCMC algorithm. We apply our method to the ICU ventilation data from Ontario to investigate the ICU site random effect on ventilation duration.
title Fast variational Bayesian inference for correlated survival data: an application to invasive mechanical ventilation duration analysis
topic Methodology
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2408.00177