Weibull Distribution as the Choice Model for State-Specific Failure Rates in HIV/AIDS Progression

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dc.contributor.authorMwirigi, Nahashon
dc.contributor.authorSewe, Stanley
dc.contributor.authorWainaina, Mary
dc.contributor.authorSimwa, Richard Onyino
dc.date.accessioned2024-09-17T08:51:39Z
dc.date.available2024-09-17T08:51:39Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.descriptionJournal Article
dc.description.abstractThis study considered the problem of selecting the best single model for modeling state-specific failure rates in HIV/AIDS progression for patients on antiretroviral therapy with age and gender as risk factors using exponential, twoparameter, and three-parameter Weibull distributions. CD4 count changes in any two consecutive visits, the mean waiting time (µ), and transitional rates (λ) for remaining in the same state or transiting to a better or a worse state were analyzed. Various model selection criteria, namely, Akaike Information Criteria (AIC), Bayesian Information Criteria (BIC), and Log-Likelihood (LL), were used in each specific disease state. The Maximum Likelihood Estimation (MLE) method was applied to obtain the parameters of the distributions used. Plots of State-specific transition rates (λ) depicted constant, increasing, decreasing, and unimodal trends. Three-parameter Weibull distribution was the best for male patients and patients aged (40-69) years transiting in the states 1-2, 3-4, and 4-5, and 1-2, 3-4, and 5-6, respectively, and for male, female patients, and patients aged (40-69), remaining in the same state. Two-parameter Weibull distribution was the best for female patients and patients aged (20-39) years transiting in the states 1-2, 2-3, 4-5, and 1-2, 2-3, 3-4, respectively. Exponential distribution proved inferior to the other two distributions used.
dc.identifier.citationMwirigi, N., Sewe, S., Wainaina, M., & Simwa, R. (2022). Weibull Distribution as the Choice Model for State-Specific Failure Rates in HIV/AIDS Progression. Mathematics and Statistics. DOI: 10.13189/ms.2022.100315
dc.identifier.issn: 588-602
dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.daystar.ac.ke/handle/123456789/5143
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherMathematics and Statistics
dc.relation.ispartofseries10(3)
dc.subjectMarkov Chain
dc.subjectMarkov Process
dc.subjectSemi Markov Process
dc.subjectStochastic Process.
dc.titleWeibull Distribution as the Choice Model for State-Specific Failure Rates in HIV/AIDS Progression
dc.typeArticle

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