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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Apr 25.
Published in final edited form as: J Alzheimers Dis. 2020;74(2):625–636. doi: 10.3233/JAD-190922

Table 2.

Patient and care partner result concordance

Amyloid PET Scan Result
Self-report of scan Positive for cortical amyloid-β Negative for cortical amyloid-β Correct reporting of scan results
All dyads (n = 1845) Patient
 Positive result 1072 58.1% 117 6.3% 1529 (82.9%)
 Negative result 199 10.8% 457 24.8%
Care partner
 Positive result 1092 59.2% 99 5.4% 1567 (84.9%)
 Negative result 179 9.7% 475 25.8%
MCI dyads (n = 1349) Patient
 Positive result 731 54.2% 92 6.8% 1101 (81.2%)
 Negative result 156 11.6% 370 27.43%
Care partner
 Positive result 748 55.5% 83 6.2% 1127 (83.5%)
 Negative result 139 10.3% 379 28.1%
Dementia dyads (n = 496) Patient
 Positive result 341 68.8% 25 5.0% 428 (86.3%)
 Negative result 43 8.67% 87 17.5%
Care partner
 Positive result 344 69.4% 16 3.2% 440 (88.7%)
 Negative result 40 77.4% 96 19.4%