Table 2.
Characteristics of included participants
| Persons with cognitive impairment | Caregivers | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Study | Age (mean) | % women | % white participants | % Amyloid Positive | Level of education | Age (mean) | % women | % white participants | Level of education |
| RAISR (Lingler 2020 & Mattos 2019) | 72.6 | 40.0 | 92.0 | 33.3 | 82.9% bachelor’s degree or above | 66.8 | 76.0 | 90.0 | 80.5% bachelor’s degree or above |
| CARE-IDEAS (Belanger 2022, James 2020, Jutkowitz 2020) | 74.5 | 38.8 | 96.1 | 67.6 | 58.9% bachelor’s degree or above | 70.0 | 68.3 | 96.1 | 57.7% bachelor’s degree or above |
| Lim (2016) | 63.0 | 62.0 | NR | 16.0 | 17 years of education on average | - | - | - | - |
| Wake (2018) | 74.8 | 52.3 | NR | 23.8 | Average age on leaving education 15 years old | - | - | - | - |
| Van Der Doelen (2022) | 62.0 | 42.0 | NR | NR | 59 % high levels of education | - | - | - | - |
| Taswell (2017) | 70.9 | 45.9 | NR | 78.1 | NR | - | - | - | - |
| Bensaidane (2016) * | 59.3 | 46.4 | NR | 50.0 | 13.3 years of education on average | NR | NR | NR | NR |
| Average | 69.6 | 46.8 | 94.1 | 43.76 | N/A | 68.4 | 72.2 | 93.0 | 69.1% bachelor’s degree or above |
Note: RAISR = The return of amyloid imaging scan results study; CARE-IDEAS = The caregivers’ reactions and experience supplemental study of the imaging dementia evidence for amyloid scanning study; NR = Not reported.
*
Authors present characteristics of scan recipients but present outcomes from caregivers. This data is not included in the averages.