Table 1.

Demographics and clinical characteristics of patients with dementia

Characteristics, No (%)	Overall (n = 43)	GAD (n = 21)	No GAD (n = 22)	p valuea
Age, mean (SD)	78.9 (9.30)	77.7 (10.2)	80.0 (8.4)	.70
Women	24 (55.8)	8 (38.1)	16 (72.7)	.02
Race/ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White	28 (65.1)	13 (61.9)	15 (68.2)
Black	8 (18.6)	4 (19.1)	4 (18.2)
Hispanic	6 (14.0)	3 (13.6)	3 (14.3)
Mixed	1 (2.3)	0 (0)	1 (4.8)
Education level, mean (SD)
High school or less	21 (48.8)	10 (47.6)	11 (50.0)
College or more	22 (51.1)	11 (52.4)	11 (50.0)
Clinician Dementia Rating Score
.5	3 (7.0)	2 (9.5)	1 (4.6)
1	20 (46.5)	13 (61.9)	7 (31.8)
2	20 (46.5)	6 (28.6)	14 (63.6)
Dementia Diagnosis
Alzheimer’s disease	26 (60.5)	9 (42.9)	17 (77.3)
Dementia NOS	10 (23.3)	7 (33.3)	3 (13.6)
Lewy Body	2 (4.7)	0 (0)	2 (9.1)
Vascular	5 (11.6)	5 (23.8)	0 (0)
Principal Psychiatric Diagnosis
Generalized Anxiety Disorder	20 (46.5)	20 (95.2)	0 (0)
Anxiety NOS	7 (16.3)	0 (0)	7 (31.8)
Post-traumatic Stress Disorder	1 (2.3)	1 (4.8)	0 (0)
Panic Disorder	1 (2.3)	0 (0)	1 (4.8)
Dysthymia	1 (2.3)	0 (0)	1 (4.8)
None	13 (31.7)	0 (0)	13 (59.1)
Assessment scores, mean (SD)
PSWQ-A	17.7 (6.9)	20.4 (6.9)	14.8 (5.8)	.01
RAID	15.1 (7.6)	17.6 (7.8)	12.5 (6.6)	.05
Worry Topics No.	3.7 (1.6)	4.3 (1.7)	3.1 (1.2)	.01

Abbreviations: GAD, generalized anxiety disorder; NOS, Not-otherwise-specified; PSWQ-A, Penn State Worry Questionnaire-Abbreviated; RAID, Rating Anxiety in Dementia;

^aFor comparisons of GAD and No GAD, using Wilcoxon Mann-Whitney two samples test or Fisher’s exact test.