Application of Big Data and Artificial Intelligence technologies to dementia prevention research: an opportunity for low-and-middle-income countries

摘要

It is estimated that about 66% of the number of people with dementia globally live in regions within the low-and-middle-income countries (LMIC). The estimates further suggest that about 1 million additional cases are recorded annually in these LMICs, with approximately 60-70% of the dementia cases being due to Alzheimer disease, AD [ ]. Despite this high incidence of AD, treatment options are currently limited. This is notwithstanding the fact that numerous clinical trials have taken place, are still on going or planned [ ]. However, the rate of failure of clinical trials and predictions based on available results from randomised control trials suggest that an immediate breakthrough to obtaining treatment drugs for AD is unlikely [ ].