Table 3.

Changes in the scores of Behavior Pathology in Alzheimer's Disease (BEHAVE-AD) Rating Scale

	control group		passive group		interactive group
	(n = 13)		(n = 13)		(n = 13)
behave-ad	mean (sd)	p-value	mean (sd)	p-value	mean (sd)	p-value
Paranoid/delusional ideation
Before intervention	2.2 (2.1)		2.1 (2.9)		2.1 (2.1)
After 10th intervention	2.1 (2.4)	0.8	0.8 (1.7)	0.03	0.9 (1.5)	0.01*
3 weeks after	2.7 (2.5)	0.2	1.9 (2.4)	0.03	2.2 (1.7)	0.01*
Hallucination
Before intervention	1.2 (1.7)		0.7 (1.2)		2 (3.0)
After 10th intervention	1.6 (1.9)	0.3	0.2 (0.6)	0.06	0.5 (1.0)	0.05
3 weeks after	1.4 (2.0)	1.0	0.6 (1.2)	0.2	1.9 (2.5)	0.03
Activity disturbances
Before intervention	2.3 (1.8)		2.3 (2.0)		3 (2.4)
After 10th intervention	3.5 (1.8)	0.01*	1.6 (1.5)	0.1	1.2 (1.1)	0.01*
3 weeks after	3.7 (1.8)	0.4	2.2 (1.5)	0.1	2.9 (1.9)	0.01*
Aggressiveness
Before intervention	2.5 (3.1)		1.5 (1.8)		2.5 (2.4)
After 10th intervention	3.2 (3.0)	0.4	1.5 (0.9)	1	0.7 (1.0)	0.01*
3 weeks after	2.9 (3.1)	0.5	1.3 (2.0)	0.4	2.5 (2.2)	0.01*
Diurnal rhythm Disturbances
Before intervention	0.4 (0.7)		0.1 (0.3)		0.5 (0.9)
After 10th intervention	0.5 (0.9)	0.3	0.3 (0.8)	0.3	0.5 (0.9)	0.6
3 weeks after	0.4 (0.8)	0.3	0.1 (0.3)	0.3	0.5 (0.9)	0.6
Affective disturbances
Before intervention	1.1 (1.2)		1.2 (1.2)		0.9 (1.1)
After 10th intervention	2.2 (1.7)	0.02*	0.5 (0.7)	0.02*	0.3 (0.6)	0.02*
3 weeks after	2.2 (1.7)	1.0	1.3 (1.0)	0.02*	1.1 (1.0)	0.02*
Anxieties and phobias
Before intervention	1.1 (1.49)		1.2 (1.8)		1.1 (1.3)
After 10th intervention	1.2 (1.7)	0.1	0.5 (0.5)	0.02*	0.3 (0.6)	0.01*
3 weeks after	1 (1.1)	0.3	1 (1.3)	0.01*	1.1 (1.4)	0.02*
Global Rating
Before intervention	1.3 (0.7)		0.9 (0.5)		1.5 (0.7)
After 10th intervention	1.5 (0.8)	1.0	0.8 (0.4)	0.4	0.7 (0.6)	0.01*
3 weeks after	2.2 (0.9)	0.03	1.1 (0.5)	0.2	1.2 (0.6)	0.08

*p < 0.025.