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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Alzheimers Dement. 2017 Mar 3;13(9):1024–1030. doi: 10.1016/j.jalz.2017.01.022

Table 2.

IGT-AD Distress Subscale Statistics

Item 6 Weeks 6 Months
Non-Elevated Elevated Non-Elevated Elevated
Upset about my test results 0.10 (0.60) 0.60 (1.04) 0.09 (0.41) 0.31 (0.62)*
Sad about my test result 0.07 (0.40) 0.64 (1.04) 0.06 (0.38) 0.42 (0.64)
Anxious about test result 0.06 (0.38) 0.56 (0.96) 0.03 (0.17) 0.35 (0.56)
Perceived loss of control 0.22 (0.68) 0.24 (0.52) 0.29 (0.79) 0.31 (0.68)
Problems enjoying life because of test result 0.0 (0.0) 0.12 (0.44)* 0.0 (0.0) 0.08 (0.27)*
Worry about risk of AD 0.35 (0.66) 1.24 (1.13) 0.43 (0.78) 1.00 (1.20)*
Uncertain about what test means for my AD risk 0.26 (0.63) 1.00 (1.38) 0.26 (0.78) 0.69 (1.01)
Uncertain about what test means for children/family’s AD risk 0.28 (0.70) 0.88 (1.01) 0.23 (0.69) 0.77 (1.07)
Frustration due to lack of AD prevention guidelines 0.35 (0.78) 0.88 (1.13)* 0.39 (0.93) 0.92 (1.20)
Concern regarding how test result will affect insurance status 0.07 (0.40) 0.20 (0.58) 0.09 (0.33) 0.04 (0.20)
Perceived difficulty talking about test result with family 0.01 (0.12) 0.30 (0.76) 0.04 (0.21) 0.17 (0.38)
Regret about getting test results 0.0 (0.0) 0.28 (0.68) 0.0 (0.0) 0.23 (0.59)
IGT Distress Total 1.77 (3.73) 7.17 (8.54) 1.91 (3.65) 5.29 (6.08)*

Items scored on a 0 – 5 scale with 0= Never, 1 = very rarely, 2 = infrequently, 3 = sometimes, 4 = frequently, and 5 = very often. Mann-Whitney U Tests used for individual items. Independent-samples t-test used for IGT-Distress Total Score.

*

p < .05

p < .01