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Comparing the Performance of Machine Learning Techniques for Low Back Pain Diagnosis Publisher



Bouraghi H1 ; Rezayi S2 ; Saeedi S2, 3 ; Salimi R4 ; Jahani M5 ; Abdolmaleki S6
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  1. 1. Department of Health Information Technology, School of Allied Medical Sciences, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran
  2. 2. Health Information Management Department, School of Allied Medical Sciences, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  3. 3. Clinical Research Development Unit of Farshchian Heart Centre, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran
  4. 4. Emergency Department, Besat Hospital, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran
  5. 5. Department of Computer Engineering, Faculty of Technology and Engineering, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran
  6. 6. Department of Neurosurgery, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran

Source: International Journal of Medical Engineering and Informatics Published:2023


Abstract

Low back pain is a global health problem that is a major cause of disability in developing and developed countries. Machine learning and data mining algorithms can be used to help diagnose this disease. This study aimed to determine the performance of different machine learning algorithms. Nine machine learning techniques, including support vector machine, decision tree, Naive Bayes, K-nearest neighbours, neural network, random forest, deep learning, auto-MLP, and rule induction, were used to modelling. This study revealed that the highest accuracy was related to the random forest (83.55%) and support vector machine (82.26%) classifiers. As a result, machine learning algorithms have good accuracy in low back pain diagnosis. © 2023 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd.