Differences in the treatment needs of patients with dementia with Lewy bodies and their caregivers and differences in their physicians’ awareness of those treatment needs according to the clinical department visited by the patients: a subanalysis of an observational survey study

Table 2 Symptom domains that caused patients the most distress according to clinical department subgroups

Symptoms domain	P-group (n = 134)	G-group (n = 65)	N-group (n = 49)	p-value (all groups)	p-value (P-group)	p-value (G-group)	p-value (N-group)
Cognitive impairment	22 (16.4)	11 (16.9)	5 (10.2)	0.116	0.282	0.573	0.067
Parkinsonism	19 (14.2)	8 (12.3)	19 (38.8)		0.143	0.132	0.001
Psychiatric symptoms	11 (8.2)	5 (7.7)	2 (4.1)		0.330	0.813	0.168
Eating behavior-related problems	2 (1.5)	1 (1.5)	2 (4.1)		0.639	0.775	0.401
Sleep-related disorder	8 (6.0)	2 (3.1)	3 (6.1)		0.398	0.382	0.922
Autonomic dysfunction	15 (11.2)	12 (18.5)	6 (12.2)		0.527	0.106	0.363
Sensory disorder	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)		n.c	n.c	n.c
Invalid answer	57 (42.5)	26 (40.0)	12 (24.5)	-	-	-	-

p-value (all groups): chi-squared test; p-value (P-, G-, and N- group): residual analysis
Abbreviations: G-group Geriatric internal medicine group, n.c. not calculated, N-group Neurology group, P-group Psychiatry group

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