Table 2.
Total and Caregiver Distress Scores from the Neuropsychiatric Inventory
| NPI symptoms |
Year 1 F × S |
Caregiver Distress |
Year 2 F × S |
Caregiver Distress |
Year 3 F × S |
Caregiver Distress |
Year 4 F × S |
Caregiver Distress |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delusions | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hallucinations | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Agitation | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Depression | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| Anxiety | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Euphoria | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Apathy | 8 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 12 | 2 |
| Disinhibition | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 2 |
| Irritability | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Motor | 12 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| Sleep | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 4 |
| Eating | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Totals | 44 | 29 | 32 | 10 | 50 | 14 | 41 | 14 |
F (frequency) times S (severity) = Total score