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Table 1 Demographic and clinical data of patients with dementia

From: Gender differences in outpatients with dementia from a large psychiatric hospital in China

Variables

Total

Gender

 Female, n (%)

5571 (61.87%)

 Male, n (%)

3433 (38.13%)

Age, Mean ± S.D., year

76.20 ± 10.27

Visits

 Average number of visits, Mean ± S.D

6.92 ± 12.06

 Number of only one visit

3558 (39.52%)

 Number of multiple visits

5446 (60.48%)

Cost per case(US$)

 Medical costs

849.36

 Non-medical costs

84.70

Comorbidities

 Generalized anxiety disorder, n (%)

4337 (48.17%)

 Nonorganic insomnia, n (%)

3604 (40.03%)

 Delusional disorder, n (%)

2618 (29.08%)

 Mental disorder, n (%)

2377 (26.40%)

 Major depressive disorder, n (%)

2292 (25.46%)

Prescribed drugs

 Antidementia drugs, n (%)

6150 (68.30%)

 Antipsychotics, n (%)

4118 (45.43%)

 Antidepressants, n (%)

2003 (22.24%)

 Benzodiazepines, n (%)

4397 (48.83%)

 Non-benzodiazepines, n (%)

1797 (19.96%)

 Mood stabilizers, n (%)

689 (7.65%)