Table 1 Patient characteristics
Variables | n | Mean ± SD or % |
|---|---|---|
Age (years) | 473 | 80.58 ± 7.48 |
Gender | ||
Female | 291 | 61.52% |
Male | 182 | 38.48% |
Educational level | ||
Middle school without certificate | 73 | 15.43% |
Middle school with certificate | 174 | 36.79% |
High school | 150 | 31.71% |
University/college | 76 | 16.07% |
Current lifestyle | ||
At home with husband/spouse | 273 | 57.72% |
At home with relatives | 29 | 6.13% |
At home, alone, with relatives in the neighborhood | 119 | 25.16% |
At home, alone, without relatives in the neighborhood | 30 | 6.34% |
Other lifestyle | 22 | 4.65% |
Number of drugs | 473 | 5.27 ± 2.57 |
Diagnostic stage | ||
Subjective cognitive impairment | 123 | 26.00% |
Mild neurocognitive disorder | 131 | 27.70% |
Major neurocognitive disorder | 219 | 46.30% |
Diagnostic etiology | ||
Alzheimer’s disease | 160 | 33.83% |
Alzheimer’s disease with cardiovascular component | 30 | 6.34% |
Vascular dementia | 29 | 6.13% |
Lewy body disease | 8 | 1.69% |
Fronto temporal dementia | 5 | 1.06% |
Other dementia | 8 | 1.69% |
Parkinson’s disease | 8 | 1.69% |
Psychiatric disorders | 37 | 7.82% |
Others disorders | 17 | 3.59% |
Diagnostic not yet established | 171 | 36.15% |
Comorbidities | ||
Hypertension | 192 | 40.60% |
Diabetes mellitus | 53 | 11.21% |
Hypercholesterolemia | 79 | 16.70% |
MMSE | ||
>20 (mild) | 241 | 50.95% |
10–20 (moderate) | 181 | 38.27% |
<10 (severe) | 26 | 5.50% |
Characteristics considered as continuous scores | ||
MMSE | 448 | 20.02 ± 6.29 |
IADL | 469 | 3.60 ± 2.45 |
NPI | 410 | 18.27 ± 13.40 |