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

Table 4 Causes of admission according to the four profiles

Reasons of admission	BPSD-affective n (%)	BPSD-functional n (%)	BPSD-somatic n (%)	BPSD-psychotic n (%)	p-value
Agitation	72	31	34	28	0.313
Agitation	(30.9 %)	(32.6 %)	(24.8 %)	(36.4 %)	0.313
Harm (risk or effective)	67	23	45	29	0.228
Harm (risk or effective)	(28.8 %)	(24.4 %)	(32.8 %)	(37.7 %)	0.228
Sheltering	38	23	22	13	0.339
Sheltering	(16.3 %)	(24.2 %)	(16.1 %)	(16.9 %)	0.339
Denial of care services	25	14	21	13	0.422
Denial of care services	(10.7 %)	(14.7 %)	(15.3 %)	(16.9 %)	0.422
Delusional ideas and hallucinations	32	7	5	23	<0.001*
Delusional ideas and hallucinations	(13.7 %)	(7.4 %)	(3.6 %)	(29.9 %)	<0.001*
Care impossible at home	25	9	18	8	0.824
Care impossible at home	(10.7 %)	(9.5 %)	(13.1 %)	(10.4 %)	0.824
Self-harm (risk or effective)	33	10	9	3	0.025*
Self-harm (risk or effective)	(14.2 %)	(10.5 %)	(6.6 %)	(3.9 %)	0.025*

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