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 3 Symptom domains that caused caregivers 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	23 (17.2)	25 (38.5)	3 (6.1)	< 0.001	0.461	< 0.001	0.001
Parkinsonism	14 (10.4)	0 (0.0)	17 (34.7)		0.601	< 0.001	< 0.001
Psychiatric symptoms	34 (25.4)	12 (18.5)	6 (12.2)		0.006	0.321	0.025
Eating behavior-related problems	3 (2.2)	1 (1.5)	1 (2.0)		0.631	0.678	0.898
Sleep-related disorder	6 (4.5)	4 (6.2)	3 (6.1)		0.807	0.833	0.948
Autonomic dysfunction	4 (3.0)	6 (9.2)	8 (16.3)		0.015	0.611	0.017
Sensory disorder	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)		n.c	n.c	n.c
Invalid answer	50 (37.3)	17 (26.2)	11 (22.4)	-	-	-	-

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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