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Table 2 NPI score and SRI score across three groups (AD, bvFTD, and SD-all) or four groups (AD, bvFTD, SD-R, and SD-L)

From: Characteristics of behavioral symptoms in right-sided predominant semantic dementia and their impact on caregiver burden: a cross-sectional study

 

AD group (n = 43)

bvFTD group (n = 28)

SD-all group (n = 38)

Comparison among AD, bvFTD, and SD-all groups

SD-R group (n = 14)

SD-L group (n = 24)

Comparison among AD, bvFTD, SD-R, and SD-L groups

H/χ2

p

Post hoc test

H/χ2

p

Post hoc test

NPI total score

6.8 (7.2)

18.6 (12.3)

10.1 (11.4)

20.63

<0.001*

bvFTD > SD, AD

14.7 (13.6)

7.3 (9.1)

24.99

<0.001*

bvFTD > SD-L, AD

SRI total score

0.2 (1.0)

8.6 (7.7)

7.7 (9.5)

40.90

<0.001*

bvFTD, SD > AD

10.4 (10.6)

6.2 (8.6)

42.75

<0.001*

bvFTD, SD-R, SD-L > AD

NPI

           

 Delusions

0.5 (1.2)

0.0 (0.2)

0.1 (0.6)

10.62

0.05

na

0.3 (1.1)

0.0 (0.0)

11.16

0.01

na

 Hallucinations

0.3 (1.1)

0.0 (0.0)

0.1 (0.7)

2.81

0.25

na

0.3 (1.1)

0.0 (0.2)

2.99

0.39

na

 Agitation

0.2 (0.6)

1.6 (2.3)

1.0 (2.5)

11.70

0.0029*

bvFTD > AD

1.9 (3.7)

0.5 (1.3)

12.32

0.006

na

 Depression

1.3 (2.2)

0.7 (1.9)

1.0 (2.4)

3.18

0.20

na

0.9 (1.3)

1.0 (2.9)

3.84

0.28

na

 Anxiety

0.8 (2.2)

1.6 (3.4)

0.9 (2.5)

1.31

0.52

na

1.6 (3.8)

0.5 (1.2)

1.52

0.68

na

 Euphoria

0.1 (0.6)

1.0 (1.9)

0.4 (2.0)

13.54

0.0011

bvFTD > SD, AD

0.9 (3.2)

0.2 (0.8)

13.66

0.0034

na

 Apathy

2.5 (2.2)

6.5 (3.6)

3.0 (3.7)

20.44

<0.001*

bvFTD > SD, AD

4.6 (4.3)

2.1 (3.0)

24.78

<0.001*

bvFTD > SD-L, AD

 Disinhibition

0.1 (0.5)

2.8 (3.9)

0.8 (1.9)

16.67

<0.001*

bvFTD > AD

1.9 (2.9)

0.2 (0.4)

20.78

<0.001*

bvFTD > SD-L, AD

SD-R > AD

 Irritability

0.6 (1.4)

1.1 (2.4)

1.4 (2.7)

3.49

0.18

na

0.9 (1.4)

1.8 (3.2)

3.76

0.29

na

 AMB

0.4 (2.0)

3.3 (4.4)

1.3 (2.9)

17.57

<0.001*

bvFTD > SD, AD

1.7 (3.8)

1.0 (2.4)

17.61

<0.001*

bvFTD > AD

SRI

           

 Eating and cooking

0.2 (0.8)

2.0 (3.0)

2.3 (2.8)

22.79

<0.001*

bvFTD, SD > AD

3.0 (3.1)

1.8 (2.6)

23.76

<0.001*

bvFTD, SD-R, SD-L > AD

 Roaming

0.0 (0.3)

1.7 (3.1)

1.2 (2.2)

14.19

<0.001*

bvFTD, SD > AD

1.1 (2.0)

1.2 (2.3)

14.23

0.0026*

bvFTD, SD-L > AD

 Speaking

0.0 (0.0)

1.4 (2.5)

1.9 (3.3)

19.89

<0.001*

bvFTD, SD > AD

2.3 (3.4)

1.7 (3.3)

21.31

<0.001*

bvFTD, SD-R, SD-L > AD

 Movements

0.0 (0.0)

1.6 (2.9)

0.8 (2.6)

13.00

0.002*

bvFTD > AD

1.0 (3.2)

0.7 (2.3)

13.03

0.005

na

 Daily rhythm

0.0 (0.0)

1.8 (2.8)

1.4 (3.0)

15.96

<0.001*

bvFTD, SD > AD

2.6 (4.1)

0.8 (2.0)

18.69

<0.001*

bvFTD, SD-R > AD

  1. Values are presented as mean (standard deviation). NPI, Neuropsychiatric Inventory; SRI, Stereotypy Rating Inventory; AD, Alzheimer’s disease; bvFTD, behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia; SD, semantic dementia; SD-R, right-sided predominant semantic dementia; SD-L, left-sided predominant semantic dementia; AMB, aberrant motor behavior; na, not available; *p < 0.05/17 = 0.0029