Predictive modelling in mental health : a data science approach

Saraee, M; Silva, HCE; Saraee, MH

Abstract

In national and local level, understanding of factors associated with public health issues like mental health is paramount important. This framework evaluation aims to use the decision Tree technique to improve the degree of understanding of the mental health among various geographical areas by identifying behavioural factors associated with mental health. The uncovered relationships will be represented in the form of Association rules. The outcomes of this research will be beneficial to organisations that work in public health to improve mental health among the citizens. Also, this new proposed data science approach will help to improve the degree of understanding by identifying factors associated with mental health within the city or state level. Mental health professionals may use findings from this study to enhance awareness of mental health among citizens who living in identified high risk geographical areas. The study found that areas which have low excessive drinking percentage and high obesity and high smoking percentage has the highest frequent of mental distress. Also, these rules have shown high confidence threshold among females rather than males. Furthermore, the study suggests that the association between excessive drinking, obesity, physical inactivity, smoking and frequent mental distress among residents in USA is consistent enough to assume concretely a plausible and significant association. Also, this new proposed data science approach will help healthcare authorities to improve the degree of understanding of mental wellbeing within different geographical areas like cites or states.

Citation

Saraee, M., Silva, H., & Saraee, M. (2019, November). Predictive modelling in mental health : a data science approach. Presented at 2019 IEEE Conference on Sustainable Utilization and Development in Engineering and Technology (IEEE CSUDET), Penang, Malaysia

• Presentation Conference Type: Other
• Conference Name: 2019 IEEE Conference on Sustainable Utilization and Development in Engineering and Technology (IEEE CSUDET)
• Conference Location: Penang, Malaysia
• Start Date: Nov 7, 2019
• End Date: Nov 9, 2019
• Acceptance Date: Sep 14, 2019
• Deposit Date: Nov 25, 2019
• Publicly Available Date: Nov 25, 2019
• Publisher URL: http://csudet2019.com/
• Additional Information: Event Type : Conference