Modeling and mobile home monitoring of behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD)

BMC Psychiatry

Table 3 Regularities between the quantified factors and the three levels of BPSD. The items in yellow, orange, blue represent agitation, apathy and depression-related factors, respectively

	High agitation	Mild agitation	No agitation	High apathy	Mild apathy	No apathy	High depression	Mild depression	No depression
Impaired communication	2–3	1–3	0–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	2–3	1–3	0–1
Somatic diseases	2–3	1–3	0–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2
MMSE^a	0–22	22–27	27–30	0–22	22–27	27–30	0–22	22–27	27–30
Weight loss	0–2	0–2	0–2	2–3	1–3	0–1	0–2	0–2	0–2
Loss of insight	0–2	0–2	0–2	2–3	1–3	0–1	2–3	1–3	0–1
Stressful events	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	2–3	1–3	0–1
Self-esteem	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	2–3	1–3	0–1
Anxiety	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–3	2–3	0–1

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