Neuropsychiatric Inventory item and care giver distress scores in the total group and in those showing symptoms
| Neuropsychiatric Inventory item | All patients | Patients showing symptoms | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Item score | Care giver distress score | Proportion with non-zero score | Proportion with score ⩾4 | Item score | Care giver distress score | ||||||||
| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | n (%) | n (%)* | Percentage of all | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Number (%)* with score ⩾3 | Percentage of all | |
| *Percentage of patients showing symptoms. | |||||||||||||
| Delusions | 1.03 | 2.29 | 0.64 | 1.3 | 132 (24.6) | 69 (52) | 12.8 | 4.21 | 2.9 | 2.58 | 1.4 | 80 (61) | 14.9 |
| Hallucinations | 1.48 | 2.34 | 0.89 | 1.4 | 236 (43.9) | 87 (37) | 16.2 | 3.35 | 2.3 | 2.03 | 1.4 | 93 (39) | 17.3 |
| Agitation/aggression | 1.05 | 2.07 | 0.75 | 1.3 | 175 (32.6) | 58 (33) | 10.7 | 3.20 | 2.5 | 2.29 | 1.5 | 79 (45) | 14.7 |
| Depression | 1.96 | 2.57 | 1.31 | 1.5 | 309 (57.5) | 116 (38) | 21.4 | 3.40 | 2.6 | 2.27 | 1.3 | 142 (46) | 26.2 |
| Anxiety | 1.93 | 2.72 | 1.07 | 1.4 | 263 (49.0) | 120 (46) | 22.2 | 3.95 | 2.7 | 2.19 | 1.2 | 114 (43) | 21.1 |
| Euphoria | 0.10 | 0.67 | 0.05 | 0.3 | 20 (3.7) | 6 (30) | 1.1 | 2.80 | 2.2 | 1.45 | 1.1 | 4 (20) | 0.7 |
| Apathy | 2.95 | 3.43 | 1.25 | 1.5 | 291 (54.3) | 203 (70) | 37.7 | 5.40 | 2.9 | 2.30 | 1.3 | 145 (50) | 27.0 |
| Disinhibition | 0.34 | 1.20 | 0.23 | 0.8 | 63 (11.7) | 20 (32) | 3.7 | 2.90 | 2.2 | 1.95 | 1.5 | 25 (40) | 4.6 |
| Irritability/lability | 1.04 | 2.21 | 0.65 | 1.2 | 159 (29.7) | 60 (38) | 11.2 | 3.51 | 2.8 | 2.22 | 1.4 | 69 (43) | 12.8 |
| Aberrant motor behaviour | 1.05 | 2.40 | 0.46 | 1.1 | 118 (22.0) | 68 (58) | 12.6 | 4.77 | 2.9 | 2.11 | 1.4 | 52 (44) | 9.7 |
| Total NPI | 12.93 | 12.04 | 7.30 | 6.7 | 480 (89.4) | 345 (72) | 64.1 | 14.27 | 11.9 | 8.05 | 8.7 | 315 (66) | 58.6 |