Analysing and Identifying COVID-19 Risk Factors using Machine Learning Algorithm with Smartphone Application
The mortality rate has increased during the COVID-19 outbreak, which is of great concern for the healthcare industry. Large amounts of data regarding the patients with mortality are being recorded daily in the healthcare sector, which are difficult to analyse manually. The limitation of examining the risk factors of COVID-19 patients through a mobile application is theoretically proposed, but there is a gap for the practical implementation. Therefore, we aim to develop an app to identify the major causes that have resulted in severe consequences.
Covid-19 Risk Factors
Project Description
In this research, a lightweight mobile application has been suggested from which the significant patterns and factors can be recognised.
The priority of this research is to diagnose mortality risk factors faster using a lightweight model (LightGBM). We will
include potential information to determine the ground-breaking problem and the research gap. In our study, C-reactive
protein (...
The priority of this research is to diagnose mortality risk factors faster using a lightweight model (LightGBM). We will
include potential information to determine the ground-breaking problem and the research gap. In our study, C-reactive
protein (CRP) is taken to measure the impact on Covid-19 as it seems to increase CRP levels significantly due to
inflammatory reactions and related tissue destruction (Sproston and Ashworth 2018). Higher concentrations indicate
more severe disease - linked to lung damage and worse prognosis. However, our literature review observed that it was
not considered in most previous studies to identify mortality risk factors. Therefore, we have decided to include it, and
our utmost desire was to build a system with the most accurate and progressive result.
In this research, our first novel contribution is to develop an ML technique utilising the medical variables for identifying
COVID-19 mortality risk to provide quick and promising accuracy. Secondly, an Android application will be integrated
with the system, which will serve as a benchmark for clinical applications. Finally, in addition to this, it will create
awareness that will significantly contribute to the society around the globe. The proposed system will be aligned with our
developed system, World health Aid (WHA), a telemedicine platform and TikarBoi, a vaccination diary. Both of these
applications are interlinked and are available in the App Store and Google Play. They provide expert care to users who are denied
the wellbeing they need through geographical, disability or other limiting factors.
Our Overview
Machine Learning
This study is divided into Risk Factor Analysis (RFA) and Proposed System Architecture (PSA). The Light Gradient Boosting Machine (LightGBM) algorithm in the RFA will work with the PSA to predict the risk factors. The results, efficacy and performance will be validated via a ROC-AUC curve. Therefore, a System Usability Scale (SUS) procedure will be implemented to increase the performance. If the SUS score reaches 85-99 and 100 thresholds, it will be classified as appropriate for use and robust. The prediction score thresholds will be 0-100. If the score is below 25, it will be classified as normal, 26-50 as moderate, 51-70 risk, and 71-100 as severe.