Table 3 Self-report neuropsychiatric symptoms (weighted data).

From: A household survey of the prevalence of subjective cognitive decline and mild cognitive impairment among urban community-dwelling adults aged 30 to 65

Neuropsychiatric symptoms

col % (95% CI)

Total

N = 539

MCI

N = 183

SCD

N = 38

Normal

N = 318

P-value

Have at least one symptom

n = 283

62.83a,c

(55.01, 70.04)

66.92a,b

(49.64, 80.60)

41.3b,c

(35.76, 47.09)

< 0.001

Delusion

n = 19

4.07c

(1.96, 8.29)

8.60

(2.67, 24.40)

1.98c

(0.98, 3.93)

0.067

Hallucination

n = 1

0.40

(0.06, 2.84)

0

0

0.490

Depression

n = 13

4.09a,c

(2.07, 7.91)

6.84a,b

(2.05, 20.53)

0.25b,c

(0.03, 1.75)

0.001

Anxiety

n = 50

15.9a,c

(11.18, 22.07)

39.42a,b

(24.77, 56.26)

0.75b,c

(0.17, 3.20)

< 0.001

Apathy

n = 15

4.90a,c

(2.66, 8.86)

3.38a,b

(0.83, 12.81)

0.49b,c

(0.12, 1.97)

0.001

Euphoria

n = 7

1.63

(0.49, 5.31)

0

1.76

(0.64, 4.74)

0.732

Disinhibition

n = 3

0.40

(0.06, 2.84)

1.69

(0.23, 11.25)

0.29

(0.04, 2.05)

0.340

Agitation

n = 8

1.62a,c

(0.60, 4.26)

5.15a

(1.18, 19.71)

0.49c

(0.12, 1.97)

0.026

Irritability

n = 81

27.38a,c

(21.15, 34.63)

39.49a,b

(24.71, 56.48)

4.18b,c

(2.37, 7.27)

< 0.001

Repetitive behaviors

n = 22

5.38a,c

(2.84, 9.62)

12.05a,b

(4.47, 28.65)

1.74b,c

(0.82, 3.61)

0.003

Sleep problem

n = 123

46.14a,c

(38.60, 53.87)

44.70a,b

(29.08, 61.44)

9.84b,c

(6.55, 14.51)

< 0.001

Eating change

n = 22

6.52a,c

(3.88, 10.75)

6.78a,b

(2.49, 17.13)

1.52b,c

(0.49, 4.59)

0.015

  1. SCD subjective cognitive decline; MCI mild cognitive impairment.
  2. P-value from multiple comparisons: a < 0.05 when compare MCI and SCD, b < 0.05 when compare SCD and normal, c < 0.05 when compare MCI and normal.
  3. Significant values are in bold.
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