Using Machine Learning to Identify the Dynamic Evolution Patterns of Negative Emotions in Perinatal Women: A Longitudinal Study in Southwest China

ABSTRACT Paying attention to the mental health of perinatal women is helpful in improving their quality of life. However, the existing research pays less attention to the heterogeneity of its negative emotional trajectory and the identification of high‐risk groups. This study recruited 860 perinatal...

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Main Authors: Yuan Zhang, Wenlong Li, Jian Zou, Guohui Yang, Xiaoni Zhong, Biao Xie
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/mco2.70331
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author Yuan Zhang
Wenlong Li
Jian Zou
Guohui Yang
Xiaoni Zhong
Biao Xie
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Wenlong Li
Jian Zou
Guohui Yang
Xiaoni Zhong
Biao Xie
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description ABSTRACT Paying attention to the mental health of perinatal women is helpful in improving their quality of life. However, the existing research pays less attention to the heterogeneity of its negative emotional trajectory and the identification of high‐risk groups. This study recruited 860 perinatal women from four large hospitals in Chongqing from March 2018 to January 2019. They were followed up by structured questionnaires in the first trimester, second trimester, third trimester, and about 6 weeks after delivery. The growth mixture model was used to analyze the developmental trajectory of negative emotions, and six machine learning algorithms were used to establish a high‐risk negative emotion recognition model. The performance of the model was comprehensively evaluated by five performance indicators. The SHAP algorithm was used to explain the model. Negative emotional trajectories were divided into four categories: low‐stable anxiety group, gradually increasing high‐anxiety group, mild sustained depression group, and high‐progressive depression group. The extreme gradient boosting model performed best, with the highest prediction performance score (24 points). In summary, the negative emotional trajectory of perinatal women is dynamic and heterogeneous, and the prediction model based on machine learning may play an important role in identifying high‐risk negative emotions.
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spelling doaj-art-a284ae2b278b443d9bb4d2fe5281c1e92025-08-20T03:43:34ZengWileyMedComm2688-26632025-08-0168n/an/a10.1002/mco2.70331Using Machine Learning to Identify the Dynamic Evolution Patterns of Negative Emotions in Perinatal Women: A Longitudinal Study in Southwest ChinaYuan Zhang0Wenlong Li1Jian Zou2Guohui Yang3Xiaoni Zhong4Biao Xie5Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics School of Public Health, Chongqing Medical University Chongqing ChinaDepartment of Epidemiology and Health Statistics School of Public Health, Chongqing Medical University Chongqing ChinaDepartment of Epidemiology and Health Statistics School of Public Health, Chongqing Medical University Chongqing ChinaDepartment of Epidemiology and Health Statistics School of Public Health, Chongqing Medical University Chongqing ChinaDepartment of Epidemiology and Health Statistics School of Public Health, Chongqing Medical University Chongqing ChinaDepartment of Epidemiology and Health Statistics School of Public Health, Chongqing Medical University Chongqing ChinaABSTRACT Paying attention to the mental health of perinatal women is helpful in improving their quality of life. However, the existing research pays less attention to the heterogeneity of its negative emotional trajectory and the identification of high‐risk groups. This study recruited 860 perinatal women from four large hospitals in Chongqing from March 2018 to January 2019. They were followed up by structured questionnaires in the first trimester, second trimester, third trimester, and about 6 weeks after delivery. The growth mixture model was used to analyze the developmental trajectory of negative emotions, and six machine learning algorithms were used to establish a high‐risk negative emotion recognition model. The performance of the model was comprehensively evaluated by five performance indicators. The SHAP algorithm was used to explain the model. Negative emotional trajectories were divided into four categories: low‐stable anxiety group, gradually increasing high‐anxiety group, mild sustained depression group, and high‐progressive depression group. The extreme gradient boosting model performed best, with the highest prediction performance score (24 points). In summary, the negative emotional trajectory of perinatal women is dynamic and heterogeneous, and the prediction model based on machine learning may play an important role in identifying high‐risk negative emotions.https://doi.org/10.1002/mco2.70331longitudinal trajectorymachine learningnegative emotionsperinatal womenprediction
spellingShingle Yuan Zhang
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Jian Zou
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Xiaoni Zhong
Biao Xie
Using Machine Learning to Identify the Dynamic Evolution Patterns of Negative Emotions in Perinatal Women: A Longitudinal Study in Southwest China
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longitudinal trajectory
machine learning
negative emotions
perinatal women
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title Using Machine Learning to Identify the Dynamic Evolution Patterns of Negative Emotions in Perinatal Women: A Longitudinal Study in Southwest China
title_full Using Machine Learning to Identify the Dynamic Evolution Patterns of Negative Emotions in Perinatal Women: A Longitudinal Study in Southwest China
title_fullStr Using Machine Learning to Identify the Dynamic Evolution Patterns of Negative Emotions in Perinatal Women: A Longitudinal Study in Southwest China
title_full_unstemmed Using Machine Learning to Identify the Dynamic Evolution Patterns of Negative Emotions in Perinatal Women: A Longitudinal Study in Southwest China
title_short Using Machine Learning to Identify the Dynamic Evolution Patterns of Negative Emotions in Perinatal Women: A Longitudinal Study in Southwest China
title_sort using machine learning to identify the dynamic evolution patterns of negative emotions in perinatal women a longitudinal study in southwest china
topic longitudinal trajectory
machine learning
negative emotions
perinatal women
prediction
url https://doi.org/10.1002/mco2.70331
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