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Table 5 Variables not included in classification development

From: Development and validation of clinical profiles of patients hospitalized due to behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia

 

BPSD-affective

BPSD-functional

BPSD-somatic

BPSD-psychotic

p-value

Gender

 

233

95

137

77

0.469

 Men

n (%)

99 (42.48 %)

42 (44.21 %)

60 (43.79 %)

26 (33.76 %)

 

 Women

n (%)

134 (57.51 %)

53 (55.78 %)

77 (56.20 %)

51 (66.23 %)

 

Age in years

n

233

95

137

77

0.074

mean

80.98

80.84

82.94

80.21

(95 % CI)

(79.86–82.11)

(79.18–82.49)

(81.58–84.29)

(78.16–82.25)

MMSE score

n

134

65

60

34

0.005*

mean

18.49

17.06

15.03

18.12

(95 % CI)

(17.42–19.55)

(15.60–18.53)

(13.34–16.73)

(15.90–20.34)

CIRS-G score

n

233

95

137

77

<0.001*

mean

18.72

16.53

22.14

20.36

(95 % CI)

(17.92–19.51)

(15.31–17.74)

(21.05–23.23)

(18.84–21.88)

Legal admission status

n total

233

95

137

77

0.004*

 voluntary admission

n (%)

42 (18.02 %)

15 (15.78 %)

6 (4.37 %)

5 (6.49 %)

 

 non-voluntary admission

n (%)

188 (80.68 %)

79 (83.15 %)

129 (94.16 %)

72 (93.50 %)

 

 Other

n (%)

3 (1.3 %)

1 (1.1 %)

2 (1.5 %)

0 (0 %)

 

Length of stay, acute Days

n

233

95

137

77

0.034*

median

34

41

43

45

(IQR)

(37)

(40)

(32)

(40)

Length of stay, total Days

n

233

95

137

77

0.070

mean

55.47

72.18

58.61

62.16

(95 % CI)

(48.48–62.46)

(59.18–85.18)

(51.05–66.17)

(49.24–75.07)

  1. *p < 0.05 for ANOVA (means) and Kruskall-Wallis tests (medians)