Dysphoric symptoms in relation to other behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia, among elderly in nursing homes

Table 2 Rating of BPSD factors, mean (± SD) in groups with and without dysphoric symptoms at different levels of cognitive impairment

BPSD item	Non-dysphoric	Dysphoric	P-value
Aggressive behavior
27-24^a	0.062 (0.155)	0.192 (0.228)	<0.001
23-16^a	0.157 (0.234)	0.284 (0.284)	<0.001
15-8^a	0.258 (0.307)	0.404 (0.328)	<0.001
7-0^a	0.321 (0.334)	0.460 (0.358)	<0.001
Regressive behavior
27-24^a	0.007 (0.043)	0.019 (0.075)	0.002
23-16^a	0.029 (0.097)	0.053 (0.125)	0.001
15-8^a	0.083 (0.145)	0.128 (0.209)	<0.001
7-0^a	0.146 (0.217)	0.203 (0.242)	0.001
Wandering behavior
27-24^a	0.026 (0.074)	0.055 (0.122)	<0.001
23-16^a	0.107 (0.172)	0.185 (0.246)	<0.001
15-8^a	0.190 (0.248)	0.313 (0.315)	<0.001
7-0^a	0.114 (0.218)	0.186 (0.266)	<0.001
Passiveness
27-24^a	0.228 (0.295)	0.332 (0.324)	<0.001
23-16^a	0.352 (0.331)	0.376 (0.328)	0.247
15-8^a	0.500 (0.335)	0.508 (0.330)	0.693
7-0^a	0.838 (0.256)	0.763 (0.281)	<0.001
Verbally attention seeking/disruptive behavior
27-24^a	0.219 (0.235)	0.464 (0.286)	<0.001
23-16^a	0.354 (0.269)	0.597 (0.279)	<0.001
15-8^a	0.412 (0.284)	0.645 (0.273)	<0.001
7-0^a	0.276 (0.269)	0.536 (0.322)	<0.001
Hallucinatory symptoms
27-24^a	0,055 (0,168)	0.115 (0.241)	<0.001
23-16^a	0,108 (0,226)	0.234 (0.340)	<0.001
15-8^a	0,164 (0,280)	0.293 (0.354)	<0.001
7-0^a	0,200 (0,293)	0.349 (0.389)	<0.001
Disoriented symptoms
27-24^a	0.004 (0.034)	0.005 (0.041)	0.053
23-16^a	0.038 (0.127)	0.026 (0.096)	0.092
15-8^a	0.084 (0.197)	0.098 (0.207)	0.301
7-0^a	0.077 (0.208)	0.097 (0.216)	0.172
Restless behavior
27-24^a	0.003 (0.028)	0.009 (0.044)	0.009
23-16^a	0.014 (0.058)	0.035 (0.094)	<0.001
15-8^a	0.103 (0.169)	0.116 (0.185)	0.287
7-0^a	0.189 (0.285)	0.210 (0.261)	0.259

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