Table 4. Correlations between neuropsychiatric symptoms of people with Alzheimer's disease and caregiver burden and depression.
Burden (ZBI) | Depression (BDI) | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
r | p-value | r | p-value | |
Delusions | 0.32 | 0.000 | 0.28 | 0.001 |
Hallucinations | 0.31 | 0.000 | 0.23 | 0.008 |
Agitation/aggression | 0.37 | <0.0001 | 0.25 | 0.003 |
Dysphoria/depression | 0.35 | <0.0001 | 0.22 | 0.010 |
Anxiety | 0.12 | 0.231 | 0.05 | 0.593 |
Euphoria/elation | 0.26 | 0.003 | 0.21 | 0.016 |
Apathy | 0.23 | 0.008 | 0.18 | 0.04 |
Disinhibition | 0.21 | 0.016 | 0.09 | 0.304 |
Irritability | 0.33 | 0.000 | 0.12 | 0.167 |
Aberrant motor behavior | 0.17 | 0.048 | 0.17 | 0.054 |
Nighttime behavior disturbances | 0.24 | 0.005 | 0.23 | 0.008 |
Appetite and eating change | 0.11 | 0.211 | 0.06 | 0.459 |
NPSs (total) | 0.44 | <0.0001 | 0.32 | 0.000 |
ZBI: Zarit Burden Interview; BDI: Beck Depression Inventory; r: Spearman's rank correlation coefficient; NPSs: neuropsychiatric symptoms.