Development and internal validation of a prediction model for the presence of tinnitus in a Dutch population-based cohort

ObjectivesIn this study we aim to develop and internally validate a prediction model on tinnitus experience in a representative sample of the Dutch general population.MethodsWe developed a multivariable prediction model using elastic net logistic regression with data from the Dutch Lifelines Cohort Study. This is a multigenerational cohort study on adults who are located in the northern parts of the Netherlands. The model was internally validated using 10-fold cross-validation. The outcome of the model was tinnitus presence, for which we used 24 candidate predictors on different domains (among... Mehr ...