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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Jan 16.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2017 Mar 23;33(1):185–192. doi: 10.1002/gps.4705

Table 2.

Frequency of neuropsychiatric symptoms

Behavior Frequency (%) N
Arguing 67.3 383
Anxiety 66.6 379
Restlessness 64.5 367
Verbal aggression 53.6 305
Rejection of care 53.1 302
Agitation 53.1 302
Waking caregiver 51.1 291
Delusions 37.8 225
Hallucinations 22.3 127
Crying out 21.6 123
Inappropriate social behavior 19.9 113
Wandering 18.3 104
Hurting self or others 16.2 92
Physical aggression 15.8 90
Destroying property 6.3 36
Inappropriate sexual behavior 3.9 22

Note: n = 569.