Table 2.
Frequency of BPSD in the various subtypes of VCI.
| Symptoms | MID N (%) |
SIVD N (%) |
Strategic N (%) |
Total N (%) |
P value MID versus SIVD* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delusions | 4 (16.00) | 7 (33.33) | 1 (7.14) | 12 (20) | 0.17 |
| Hallucinations | 2 (8.00) | 1 (4.76) | 0 | 3 (5) | 0.196 |
| Agitation/aggression | 13 (52.00) | 10 (47.62) | 1 (7.14) | 24 (40) | 0.767 |
| Depression | 18 (72.00) | 16 (76.19) | 10 (71.43) | 44 (73.3) | 0.747 |
| Anxiety | 9 (36.00) | 12 (57.14) | 4 (28.57) | 25 (41.6) | 0.152 |
| Euphoria | 3 (12.00) | 0 | 0 | 3 (5) | 0.101 |
| Apathy | 7 (28.00) | 13 (61.90) | 1 (7.14) | 21 (35) | 0.021 |
| Disinhibition | 2 (8.00) | 3 (14.29) | 0 | 5 (8.3) | 0.495 |
| Irritability | 18 (72.00) | 11 (52.38) | 2 (14.29) | 31 (51.6) | 0.17 |
| Aberrant motor behaviour | 5 (20.00) | 8 (38.10) | 0 | 13 (21.6) | 0.175 |
| Night-time behaviour | 8 (32.00) | 11 (52.38) | 1 (7.14) | 20 (33.3) | 0.162 |
| Appetite and eating | 17 (68.00) | 17 (80.95) | 5 (35.71) | 39 (65) | 0.319 |
| Mean (SD) number of symptoms** | 4.24 (1.61) | 5.14 (1.85) | 1.78 (1.62) | 3.98 (2.11) | 0.08** |
*Chi-square test.
**Unpaired t-test.