Table 6.
Clinical impact of DSA programs on NPI total severity scores and distress scores by major dementia subtype.
| Intake | Discharge | Change | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dementia subtype | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | MCSa | MPCa | da |
| NPI severity | |||||
| Alzheimer's disease | 9.98 (5.89) | 3.97 (3.65) | −5.96 | −59.71 | −1.15 |
| Mixed dementia | 9.94 (5.37) | 3.44 (3.38) | −6.60 | −66.40 | −1.39 |
| Frontal lobe dementia | 9.99 (5.42) | 4.13 (3.39) | −5.94 | −59.43 | −1.25 |
| Dementia with Lewy bodies | 11.85 (6.39) | 4.89 (4.79) | −7.09 | −59.83 | −1.21 |
| Vascular dementia | 9.76 (5.71) | 3.48 (3.14) | −5.97 | −61.17 | −1.21 |
| NPI distress | |||||
| Alzheimer's disease | 13.65 (8.47) | 4.58 (4.78) | −8.86 | −64.90 | −1.21 |
| Mixed dementia | 13.76 (7.76) | 4.41 (5.22) | −9.41 | −68.41 | −1.36 |
| Frontal lobe dementia | 14.02 (8.31) | 5.07 (4.91) | −9.06 | −64.65 | −1.26 |
| Dementia with Lewy bodies | 16.13 (9.23) | 6.11 (6.42) | −10.30 | −63.85 | −1.24 |
| Vascular dementia | 13.61 (8.47) | 4.04 (4.24) | −9.12 | −67.01 | −1.26 |
a
MCS, MPC and Cohen's d values represent the change from intake to discharge, controlling for age, sex, baseline score and case length.
MCS, mean change score; MPC, mean percent change; d, Cohen's d; M (SD), mean (standard deviation).
Negative signs preceding values represent improvement in scores.