Artificial neural network and logistic regression modelling to characterize COVID-19 infected patients in local areas of Iran.

Journal: Biomedical journal
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: COVID-19 is an infectious disease that started spreading globally at the end of 2019. Due to differences in patient characteristics and symptoms in different regions, in this research, a comparative study was performed on COVID-19 patients in 6 provinces of Iran. Also, multilayer perceptron (MLP) neural network and Logistic Regression (LR) models were applied for the diagnosis of COVID-19.

Authors

  • Farzaneh Mohammadi
    Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Health, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
  • Hamidreza Pourzamani
    1Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Health, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
  • Hossein Karimi
    Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Health, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
  • Maryam Mohammadi
    Department of Management and Health Information Technology, School of Management and Medical Information Sciences, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
  • Mohammad Mohammadi
    School of Dentistry, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
  • Nahid Ardalan
    Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, Sanandaj, Kurdistan, Iran.
  • Roya Khoshravesh
    Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran.
  • Hassan Pooresmaeil
    Emergency Medical Services, Tehran, Iran.
  • Samaneh Shahabi
    Hamedan University of Medical Sciences, Hamedan, Iran.
  • Mostafa Sabahi
    Shahid Beheshti Hospital, Kashan, Isfahan, Iran.
  • Fatemeh Sadat Miryonesi
    School of Nursing & Midwifery, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
  • Marzieh Najafi
    Isfahan Endocrine and Metabolism Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
  • Zeynab Yavari
    Genetic and Environmental Adventures Research Center, School of Abarkouh Paramedicine, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran.
  • Farideh Mohammadi
    Department of Textile Engineering, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, Iran.
  • Hakimeh Teiri
    Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Health, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
  • Mahsa Jannati
    Graduate Student, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, ON, Canada.