Table 5.

Outcome variables raw scores, all weeks. Median (Q1, Q3)

	Week 0 (baseline)		Week 8		Week 16		Week 24
	Control (N = 36)	Intervention (N = 33)	Control (N = 28)	Intervention (N = 29)	Control (N = 21)	Intervention (N = 27)	Control (N = 24)	Intervention (N = 27)	Total (N = 225)
CSDD total	6.0 (4.0, 11.0)	11.0* (7.0, 14.0)	7.0 (4.0, 11.2)	10.0* (7.0, 13.0)	5.0 (1.0, 10.0)	6.0 (5.0, 9.0)	4.5 (1.8, 7.2)	8.0* (5.5, 12.5)	8.0 (4.0, 12.0)
CSDD Mood-related signs	2.0 (1.0, 3.0)	4.0* (2.0, 5.0)	2.5 (1.0, 4.0)	3.0 (2.0, 4.0)	2.0 (0.0, 4.0)	2.0 (1.0, 3.0)	2.0 (1.0, 3.0)	3.0* (2.0, 4.0)	3.0 (1.0, 4.0)
CSDD Behavioral disturbance	1.5 (0.8, 3.0)	2.0 (1.0, 4.0)	2.0 (1.0, 3.0)	3.0 (1.0, 4.0)	1.0 (0.0, 2.0)	2.0 (0.5, 3.0)	0.5 (0.0, 1.2)	3.0* (1.0, 4.0)	2.0 (1.0, 3.0)
CSDD Cyclic functions	1.0 (0.0, 2.0)	2.0 (0.0, 4.0)	2.0 (0.0, 3.0)	2.0 (1.0, 3.0)	0.0 (0.0, 2.0)	1.0 (0.0, 2.5)	1.0 (0.0, 2.0)	1.0 (0.0, 2.0)	1.0 (0.0, 2.0)
NPI-NH total	12.5 (5.8, 41.8)	24.0 (11.0, 42.0)	17.0 (5.8, 30.0)	19.0 (9.0, 34.0)	14.0 (6.0, 34.0)	13.0 (6.0, 26.2)	10.0 (5.0, 21.0)	20.0 (10.0, 28.0)	16.0 (6.0, 34.0)
NPI-NH Agitation	4.5 (0.0, 14.2)	6.0 (0.0, 12.0)	6.0 (2.0, 12.5)	4.0 (2.0, 14.0)	2.0(0.0, 14.0)	2.5 (0.2, 5.8)	4.0 (0.0, 8.0)	3.0 (1.0, 11.0)	4.0 (0.0, 12.0)
NPI-NH Affective symptoms	0.5 (0.0, 4.0)	2.0 (0.0, 10.0)	0.5 (0.0, 4.5)	1.0 (0.0, 6.0)	1.0 (0.0, 8.0)	1.0 (0.0, 4.0)	0.0 (0.0, 0.0)	2.0* (0.0, 6.0)	1.0 (0.0, 6.0)
NPI-NH Psychosis	0.0 (0.0, 8.0)	1.0 (0.0, 8.0)	0.0 (0.0, 3.0)	0.0 (0.0, 5.0)	0.0 (0.0, 4.0)	0.0 (0.0, 2.0)	0.0 (0.0, 4.0)	1.0 (0.0, 4.0)	0.0 (0.0, 6.0)

* p < 0.05, Kruskal-Wallis rank sum test for the difference between the control and intervention group. Q1 25th percentile, Q3 75th percentile, CSDD The Cornell Scale for Depression in Dementia, NPI-NH The Neuropsychiatric Inventory Nursing Home Version