Analysis of clinical features in 81 senile dementia patients

    ZHANG Chenª²Hui, LU Bingª²Xun, LIN Guiª²Yong, LU Xueª²Song

    Department of Neurology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China, Guangzhou Municipal Geracomium, Guangzhou 510515, China

    ¡¾Abstract¡¿ AIM: To analyze the clinical features of senile dementia. METHODS: A group of 81 elderly patients with dementia were examined and analyzed by miniª²mental state examination (MMSE), Hachinski ischemic score (HIS), clinical dementia rating (CDR) and barthel index (BI). The data were processed with SPSS10.0 software. RESULTS: There was no significant difference in the means of MMSE, BI between mild dementia group and moderate dementia group, or between moderate dementia group and severe dementia group (P>0.05), but significant difference was found between mild and severe dementia groups(P<0.01). Significance differences were noted in the average scores of BI(P<0.01), in the prevalence of hallucination or deliria(P<0.05)among the 3 groups. The incidence of behavior disorder was not significantly different among the 3 groups(P>0.05), but that of behavior disorder accompanied by hallucination and deliria was significantly different(P<0.05). CONCLUSION: Severity of dementia in the 81 elderly patients was not correlated with the education level and age, which was not in line with the reported. In these special patients, it was believed that the severity was not in a parallel progression with the course of disease. The hallucination, deliria and behavior disorder appeared relatively often in early and intermediate stages of dementia. ......