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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Alzheimers Dement. 2017 Feb 4;13(8):924–932. doi: 10.1016/j.jalz.2017.01.001

Table 1.

Interview elements.

• Did you choose to have the Amyvid PET scan? Can you tell me why you made this
decision?
• What did you expect to learn by getting the Amyvid scan?*
• Were your expectations met? Why or why not?*
• What did the neurologist tell you when he or she shared the results of the scan?*
• And what did that (the Amyvid scan results) mean to you?*
• How did you feel after learning the scan results? Why did you feel that way?*
• Were there any benefits to having the Amyvid scan and learning the results? What
were they? How important were they to you?*
• Were there any negatives to having the Amyvid scan and learning the results? What
were they? How important were they to you?*
• If you could do it all over again, would you make the same decision whether to have
the Amyvid scan and learn the results?#
• Would you recommend that others in your position choose to have the Amyvid scan
and learn the results?#
*

asked only of patients and caregivers from a dyad in which the patient underwent amyloid imaging;

#

multiple choice questions