Table 2. Responses to the RADIX and Associated Coping Questions.

(a) RADIX dementia representations for all participants with dementia who completed the RADIX (n = 1,033)
Domain	n	%	Response	n	%
Identity (spontaneous description)	1,000	96.8	Diagnostic label	282	28.2
			Descriptive:
			Symptoms	465	46.5
			Emotional	57	5.7
			General	21	2.1
			Aging	42	4.2
			No problem	21	2.1
			Don’t know	104	10.4
			Unclassifiable	8	0.8
Aware of specific diagnosis? (prompted if not stated spontaneously)	1,008	97.5	Yes	658a	65.3
			No	350	34.7
			Specific diagnosis stated	568a	56.3
Cause	1,030	99.6	Aging	230	22.3
			Changes in the brain	253	24.6
			Illness/disease	107	10.4
			Hereditary	67	6.5
			Lifestyle/life events	100	9.7
			Don’t know	262	25.4
			Unclassifiable	11	1.1
Timeline	982	95.0	Better	57	5.8
			Same	154	15.7
			Worse	443	45.1
			Unsure	328	33.4
Control	932	90.2	Strongly agree	63	6.8
			Agree	545	58.5
			Disagree	290	31.1
			Strongly disagree	34	3.6
			Total score	M	SD
Consequences—practical	953	92.2	Total 4 items (max 16)	9.6	2.1
Consequences—emotional	964	96.4	Total 5 items (max 20)	12.9	2.8