Developing an artificial intelligence tool for dementia risk from routine healthcare data

More people are living with dementia. This can be a devastating and life-limiting condition that is of clear importance for the public, NHS and social care services. Having an idea of which people are at higher risk of developing dementia could help address known risk factors earlier in life, like smoking and obesity. We want to see how effective routinely entered health data from GP and hospital visits can be used to predict the future risk of developing dementia. This might include information like blood pressure measurements, other health diagnoses and blood test results. We will also see if other tools developed elsewhere can be used successfully in a Scottish population. If our approach is successful, we would provide some evidence for the use of dementia prediction tools to find people at higher risk. Future work could then test interventions in this group.