'Personalized advantage index' a new decision-making tool
Friday, January 10, 2014 - 12:30
in Psychology & Sociology
Researchers have developed a decision-making model that compares and weights multiple variables to predict the optimal choice. They tested their model on data from a study of patients seeking treatment for depression, who received either cognitive behavioral therapy or medication. By using the model to generate a score for each patient indicating which treatment was likely to be more effective, researchers showed an advantage equivalent to that of an effective treatment relative to a placebo.