Table 2 Demographic data: age, symptom onset, sex, marital status, living situation, dementia etiology, dementia severity, functional and cognitive impairment, pain, behavioral symptoms and suffering Mean ± standard deviation (minimum-maximum)
From: A bitter pill to swallow - Polypharmacy and psychotropic treatment in people with advanced dementia
PWAD age | 74.1 ± 11.1 (40 - 101) | CDR sum score | 17.3 ± 1.2 (11 – 18) |
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Symptom onset | YOD: 49% LOD: 51% | MMSE total score | 1.5 ± 3.1 (0 - 14) |
Sex | Female: 55% Male: 45% | Barthel-Index | 26.9 ± 23.7 (0 - 85) |
Marital status | Married/ in partnership: 68% Single: 32% | NPI total score | 24.6 ± 17.0 (0 - 84) |
Place of living | At home: 46% LTC: 54% | EOLD-SM total score | 33.1 ± 7.6 (10 - 45) |
Dementia etiology | AD: 65% FTLD: 24% Other: 11% | PAINAD total score | 1.5 ± 1.8 (0 - 9) |
If home care: family caregiver | Spouse/ partner: 62% Child: 29% Mother: 2%; Other: 7% | QUALID total score | 21.6 ± 6.4 (11 - 44) |
MSSE total score | 2.3 ± 1.6 (0 - 7) |