Multicriteria Decision-Making Methods for Optimal Treatment Selection in Network Meta-Analysis

Bellos, I (通讯作者),Natl & Kapodistrian Univ Athens, Lab Expt Surg & Surg Res NS Christeas, Athens Univ, Med Sch, 15b,Agiou Thoma Str, Athens 11527, Greece.
2023-1
Background. Network meta-analysis exploits randomized data to compare multiple interventions and generate rankings. Selecting an optimal treatment may be complicated when multiple conflicting outcomes are evaluated in parallel. Design. The present study suggested the incorporation of multicriteria decision-making methods in network meta-analyses to select the best intervention when multiple outcomes are of interest by creating partial and absolute rankings with the TOPSIS, VIKOR, and PROMETHEE algorithms. The TOPSIS and VIKOR techniques represent distance-based methods for compromise intervention selection, whereas the PROMETHEE analysis method allows the definition of preference and indifference thresholds. In addition, the PROMETHEE technique allows a variety of modeling options by selecting alternative preference functions. Different weights may be applied to outcomes objectively with the entropy method as well as subjectively with the analytic hierarchy process, enabling the individualization of treatment choice depending on the clinical scenario. Results. Visualization of decision analysis may be performed with multicriteria score-adjusted scatterplots, while league tables may be constructed to depict the PROMETHEE I partial ordering of interventions. A simulated study was performed assuming equal weights of outcomes, and the TOPSIS, VIKOR, and PROMETHEE II methods were compared using a similarity coefficient, indicating a high degree of agreement among methods, especially with higher numbers of interventions. Conclusions. Multicriteria decision analysis provides a flexible and computationally direct way of selecting compromise interventions and visualizing treatment selection in network meta-analyses. Further research should provide empirical data about the implementation of multicriteria decision analysis in real-world network meta-analyses aiming to define the most suitable method depending on the clinical question.
MEDICAL DECISION MAKING
卷号:43|期号:1|页码:78-90
ISSN:0272-989X|收录类别:SCIE
语种
英语
来源机构
National & Kapodistrian University of Athens
被引频次(WOS)
0
被引频次(其他)
0
180天使用计数
5
2013以来使用计数
5
EISSN
1552-681X
出版年
2023-1
DOI
10.1177/0272989X221126678
学科领域
循证公共卫生
关键词
TOPSIS VIKOR PROMETHEE weight ranking order
WOS学科分类
Health Care Sciences & Services Health Policy & Services Medical Informatics