Table 1.
Number and Percentage of Neuropsychiatric Symptoms in Advanced Dementia
| Dementia Types |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Symptoms | Medical Record Descriptors | All Types n=123 |
Alzheimer’s n=71 |
Vascular n=13 |
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| n | % | n | % | n | % | ||
| Agitation/Aggression | agitation, aggression, combative, hitting, grabbing | 62 | 50.4 | 36 | 50.7 | 7 | 53.8 |
| Depression | depression, mood disorder, suicidal ideation, mood change, depression with psychosis | 56 | 45.5 | 30 | 42.3 | 6 | 46.2 |
| Withdrawal/Lethargy | withdrawal, lethargy, decreased socialization, fatigue, social isolation, apathy, social deficit, isolating self in room, sedation | 53 | 43.1 | 34 | 47.9 | 3 | 23.1 |
| Refusal/Resistance | refusal, resistance | 47 | 38.2 | 29 | 40.8 | 4 | 30.8 |
| Psychosis/Delusions | psychosis, delusions, delusional disorder, psychosis NOS, schizophrenia, catatonia | 33 | 26.8 | 20 | 28.2 | 2 | 15.4 |
| Aberrant motor | wandering, behavioral disturbance, nose picking, crawling, restlessness, smearing stools, picking | 26 | 21.1 | 17 | 23.9 | 4 | 30.8 |
| Sleep disorder | insomnia, sleep apnea, sleep wake cycle disturbance, drowsiness, awake most of night | 17 | 13.8 | 8 | 11.3 | 2 | 15.4 |
| Calling out | calling out, moaning in sleep | 11 | 8.9 | 5 | 7.0 | 1 | 7.7 |
| Anxiety | anxiety | 10 | 8.1 | 8 | 11.3 | 0 | 0 |