TableĀ 2

Breakdown of interviewee group by field, sector, seniority and gender

Breakdown by field
NPrimary field of activity
8Nursing, allied health professions and other care
8Neuroscience
5Psychiatry
4Clinical neurology
3Clinical psychology
3Genetics and genomics
2Epidemiology
7Other (research funding, industry, research in areas other than dementia)
Breakdown by seniority
NCareer stage
22Senior (professors, readers, other senior)
18Junior/midlevel (lecturers, senior lecturers, research fellows, research associates, postdoctoral fellows, PhD students)
Breakdown by sector
NPrimary sector affiliation
25Academia
8Academia with clinical appointment
3NHS clinical or care
3Research funding
1Industry
Breakdown by gender
NGender
21Female (of which 15 were junior/midlevel and 6 were senior)
19Male (of which 3 were junior/midlevel and 16 were senior)
  • There were 4 interviewees who had left dementia research (2 senior and 2 junior/midlevel).