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Table 6 Clinically significant neuropsychiatric symptoms at admission to nursing homes (NH)

From: Resource Use and Disease Course in dementia - Nursing Home (REDIC-NH), a longitudinal cohort study; design and patient characteristics at admission to Norwegian nursing homes

Prevalence of CS-NPS

All patients Total N=696

Patients with dementia Total N=583

Patients without dementia Total N=113

p-value

 

n/N

n/N

n/N

 

Delusions

97/686 (14.1)

90/575 (15.7)

7/111 (6.3)

0.010a)

Hallucinations

34/688 (4.9)

33/576 (5.7)

1/112 (0.9)

0.031a)

Agitation

99/689 (14.4)

93/577 (16.1)

6/112 (5.4)

0.003a)

Depression

148/688 (21.5)

125/576 (21.7)

23/112 (20.5)

0.784a)

Anxiety

141/690 (20.4)

126/578 (21.8)

15/112 (13.4)

0.043a)

Euphoria

23/687 (3.3)

21/567 (3.6)

2/111 (1.8)

0.562b)

Apathy

109/687 (15.9)

95/575 (16.5)

14/112 (12.5)

0.287a)

Disinhibition

101/687 (14.7)

92/575 (16.0)

9/112 (8.0)

0.029a)

Irritability

122/684 (17.8)

110/572 (19.2)

12/112 (10.7)

0.031a)

Aberrant Motor Behaviour

73/687 (10.6)

69/575 (12.0)

4/112 (3.6)

0.008a)

Night-time Behaviour

112/689 (16.3)

98/577 (17.0)

14/112 (12.5)

0.239a)

Eating Change

71/688 (10.3)

58/576 (10.1)

13/112 (11.6)

0.625a)

Any symptom

413/682 (60.6)

359/571 (62.9)

54/111 (48.6)

0.005a)

NPI 12 sum median (range)

n=693 8.0 (0 - 123)

n=581 10.0 (0 - 123)

n=112 4.0 (0 - 66)

<0.001c)

NPI-AGITATION median (range)

n=678 1.0 (0 - 36)

n=566 1.0 (0 - 36)

n=112 0.0 (0 - 36)

<0.001c)

NPI-PSYCHOSIS median (range)

n=683 0.0 (0 - 24)

n=572 0.0 (0 - 24)

n=111 0.0 (0 - 12)

<0.001c)

NPI-AFFECTIVE median (range)

n=687 1.0 (0 - 24)

n=575 1.0 (0 - 24)

n=112 0.5 (0 - 24)

0. 125c)

  1. All figures in (%) if not otherwise stated
  2. CS-NPS - clinically significant NPS, defined as an NPI sub-symptom of 4 and above
  3. NPI 12 sum - Neuropsychiatric Inventory sum of 12 items
  4. NPI-AGITATION sum of agitation/aggression, disinhibition, and irritability
  5. NPI-PSYCHOSIS sum of delusion and hallucination
  6. NPI-AFFECTIVE sum of depression and anxiety
  7. a) Pearson Chi-square test
  8. b) Fisher’s Exact Test
  9. c) Mann-Whitney U test