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Published in final edited form as: Clin Psychol Rev. 2008 Mar 7;28(7):1071–1082. doi: 10.1016/j.cpr.2008.02.008

Table 3.

Relationship between anxiety and dementia severity

Reference	Sample/source	Anxiety assessment	Dementia severity assessment	Results
Chen et al. (2000)	AD (N=125), community	BEHAVE-AD	CDR	Less anxiety in profound/terminal dementia ^*
Forsell and Winblad (1997)	Dementia, unspecified type (N=180), community	CPRS	CDR	Less anxiety in moderate/severe dementia ^*
Lyketsos et al. (2000)	AD (N=214), VaD (N=62), community	NPI	CDR	No significant relationship with dementia severity
Sclan et al. (1996)	AD (N=142), memory clinic	BEHAVE-AD	GDS	Less anxiety in profound/terminal dementia ^*
Shankar et al. (1999)	AD (N=55), VaD (N=11), other dementia (N=17), inpatients and day hospital	RAID	CDR	No significant relationship with dementia severity

AD = Alzheimer’s Disease; BEHAVE-AD = Behavioral Pathology in Alzheimer’s Disease Rating Scale; CDR = Clinical dementia rating scale; CPRS = Comprehensive Psychopathological Rating Scale; VaD = Vascular dementia; NPI = Neuropsychiatric Inventory; GDS = Global deterioration scale; RAID = Rating anxiety in Dementia scale.

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