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Table 2 Behavioral and psychological symptoms and physical activity parameters of VD patients ( x±s )

From: Quantitative evaluation of severity of behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia in patients with vascular dementia

Parameter

Time

1st week

24th week

BEHAVE-AD

  

Paranoid and delusion ideation

3.05 ± 0.38

3.26 ± 0.36

Hallucinations

3.82 ± 0.52

3.95 ± 0.61

Activity disturbances

6.55 ± 0.68

7.34 ± 0.71*

Aggressiveness

5.06 ± 0.30

5.12 ± 0.29

Diurnal rhythm disturbances

2.81 ± 0.33

3.45 ± 0.42*

Affective disturbances

3.05 ± 0.43

3.28 ± 0.35

Anxieties and phobias

2.27 ± 0.35

3.19 ± 0.38*

NPI Mean score

  

Delusions

1.55 ± 0.69

1.83 ± 0.56

Hallucinations

1.30 ± 0.51

1.58 ± 0.47

Agitation

5.55 ± 0.90

7.48 ± 0.88*

Depression

4.21 ± 0.81

4.29 ± 0.36

Anxiety

2.32 ± 0.81

2.44 ± 0.91

Euphoria

3.75 ± 0.65

3.82 ± 0.76

Apathy

3.33 ± 0.71

3.09 ± 0.80

Disinhibition

2.75 ± 0.68

2.91 ± 0.77

Ignitability

3.25 ± 0.92

5.17 ± 0.83*

Aberrant motor behavior

4.25 ± 0.69

4.38 ± 0.66

Sleep disturbance

5.32 ± 0.83

6.05 ± 0.69*

Appetite

4.08 ± 0.57

4.38 ± 0.61

DFA of actigraph activity

  

Diurnal activity

0.82 ± 0.17

0.86 ± 0.14

Evening activity

0.87 ± 0.13

0.90 ± 0.11

Nocturnal activity

0.93 ± 0.16

1.03 ± 0.16*

  1. Data presented are mean ± SD, * p < 0.05, compared with first week by Wilcoxon signed rank test.