From: Anticipated reactions to learning Alzheimer’s disease biomarker results
Loading | Alpha | |
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Preparatory/planning behavior | .91 | |
To know more about your risk of developing Alzheimer’s | 0.78 | |
To inform lifestyle changes you might make, such as diet or exercise, that might help prevent Alzheimer’s | 0.63 | |
To put your mind at ease if you found out your brain marker results did not indicate a higher risk for developing Alzheimer’s | 0.67 | |
To be able to participate in clinical trials attempting to lower brain marker results | 0.62 | |
To arrange your personal affairs, such as insurance, your will, or your finances | 0.80 | |
To confirm the feeling that you might already be developing symptoms of Alzheimer’s | 0.92 | |
To prepare your family for your possible illness in the future | 0.92 | |
A desire to start doing things sooner than you had planned | 0.82 | |
Psychological distress | .90 | |
How upset would you feel about your results? | 0.90 | |
How sad would you feel about your results? | 0.88 | |
How anxious or nervous would you feel about your results? | 0.82 | |
How worried would you be about your risk of developing Alzheimer’s? | 0.82 | |
How uncertain would you be about what your results mean about your risk of developing Alzheimer’s? | 0.61 | |
How uncertain would you be about what your results mean for your children or family’s risk of Alzheimer’s? | 0.43 | |
How frustrated would you feel about there being no definite Alzheimer’s prevention guidelines for you? | 0.65 | |
How hopeless would you feel about the future? | 0.61 | |
Dementia risk-reducing behavior | .87 | |
How likely would you be to make changes to your diet? | 0.92 | |
How likely would you be to exercise or do more physical activity? | 0.90 | |
How likely would you be to make changes to your medications? | 0.66 | |
How likely would you be to make changes to or start taking vitamins or herbal supplements? | 0.70 | |
How likely would you be to engage in activities to reduce stress? | 0.79 | |
How likely would you be to engage in mental or cognitive activities such as crossword puzzles or Sudoku? | 0.56 | |
Subjective cognitive decline | .86 | |
Have more trouble concentrating on things, such as reading the newspaper or watching television? | 0.73 | |
Have more trouble remembering things, such as recent conversations or events? | 0.95 | |
Be less confident about your ability to carry out daily activities? | 0.85 | |
Stigma | .71 | |
How concerned would you feel about how your results might affect your insurance status? | 0.54 | |
How concerned would you feel about the possibility that your doctor might learn the results and treat you differently? | 0.80 | |
How concerned would you be that if others, such as family, friends, or co-workers, learned the results, they would act differently toward you? | 0.55 | |
Model fit indices | ||
CFI | .91 | |
RMSEA | .06 | |
SRMR | .07 |