Table 3.
Caregivers' burden and stress (significant values: mean and SD) related to Neuropsychiatric Inventory domains and Burden Interview among patients with Alzheimer's disease at baseline and at the time of the final evaluation, after six months of exercise.
| Caregivers of Controls(N = 11) | Caregivers of Participants (N = 16) | |||||
| NeuropsychiatricInventory-Distress | FirstEvaluation(mean, SD) | FinalEvaluation(mean, SD) | FirstEvaluation(mean, SD) | Final evaluation(mean, SD) | F | p |
| Agitation/aggression | 1.6 (2) | 2.2 (2.2) | 1.6 (2.1) | 0.1 (0.5) | 4.98 | 0.03 |
| Anxiety | 2.5 (2) | 2.8 (2.4) | 2.5 (1.9) | 0.4 (1) | 8.83 | 0.01 |
| Apathy/indifference | 2.2 (1.9) | 2.8 (1.9) | 2.8 (2) | 0.6 (1.3) | 10.23 | 0.01 |
| Dis-inhibition | 0.4 (0.8) | 0.9 (1.6) | 1 (1.7) | 0.1 (0.3) | 5.00 | 0.03 |
| Appetite alterations | 0.8 (1.3) | 1.5 (2) | 1.6 (1.9) | 0.4 (1.2) | 6.74 | 0.01 |
| NPI-Distress (total) | 19.6 (14.3) | 20.4 (9.6) | 18.3 (13.8) | 3.3 (6.5) | 9.37 | 0.01 |
| Burden Interview | 35.6 (14.9) | 35.5 (13.7) | 32.3 (14.7) | 14.6 (8.1) | 11.28 | 0.01 |
Values of F interaction between group and motor intervention and ANOVA two-way for repeated measures.
SD: Standard deviation.