TABLE 4.
Correlations between the NeuroPsychiatric Inventory scores, the Social and Emotional Loneliness scale, and the Resilience scale.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | |
| 1. Change in total NPI score for care recipient BPSD | – | |||||||
| 2. Change in total NPI caregiver distress score | 0.66** | – | ||||||
| 3. Total NPI score for care recipient BPSD (before pandemic) | –0.24 | −0.45** | – | |||||
| 4. Total NPI score for care recipient BPSD (during lockdown) | 0.31* | –0.02 | 0.80** | – | ||||
| 5. Total NPI caregiver distress score (before pandemic) | –0.15 | −0.54** | 0.91** | 0.74** | – | |||
| 6. Total NPI caregiver distress score (during lockdown) | 0.31* | 0.10 | 0.71** | 0.89** | 0.73** | – | ||
| 7. Emotional loneliness | –0.15 | 0.11 | −0.30* | −0.37* | –0.26 | –0.27 | – | |
| 8. Social loneliness | –0.12 | 0.08 | –0.27 | −0.36* | –0.26 | –0.22 | 0.51** | – |
| 9. Resilience | –0.20 | −0.32* | 0.05 | –0.08 | 0.04 | –0.13 | –0.11 | 0.01 |
N = 35. NPI, NeuroPsychiatric Inventory; BPSD, behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia. *p < 0.05. **p < 0.01.