Table 3 Description of current behavioural symptoms in patients with AD with higher (N = 463) and lower BPSD scores (N = 551).
Correlation between dementia severity (MMSE) and ADAS-Noncog score | ||
|---|---|---|
Present MMSE score | ||
Spearman correlation coefficient | P-value | |
Total ADAS-Noncog score | -0.10168 | 0.0284 |
Correlation between ADAS-Noncog items and dementia severity (MMSE) | ||
Present MMSE score | ||
Spearman correlation coefficient | P-value | |
Tearfulness | 0.04663 | 0.3167 |
Depression | 0.01318 | 0.7775 |
Concentration | -0.08797 | 0.0580 |
Cooperation | -0.09210 | 0.0472 |
Delusions | -0.01221 | 0.7928 |
Hallucinations | -0.04601 | 0.3237 |
Pacing | -0.05000 | 0.2841 |
Motor activity | -0.04709 | 0.3115 |
Tremors | -0.02424 | 0.6037 |
Appetite change | -0.09822 | 0.0346 |