Prevalence of Alzheimer dementia in Upper Egypt (desert areas)

Table 5 Neuropsychiatric profiles of patients with Alzheimer’s disease in upper Egypt, Desert areas (AL Kharga and AL Quseir)

Symptom	AD patients Total N = 126		AD patients Al Kharga N = 84		AD patients Al Quseir N = 42
Symptom	N	%	N	%	N	%
Impaired self-care	111	88.1	81	96.4	30	71.4
Memory loss	106	84.1	72	85.7	34	81
Social judgment	97	77	71	84.5	26	61.9
Agnosia	74	58.7	60	71.4	14	33.3
Behavioral changes	61	48.4	47	56	14	33.3
Personality changes	57	45.2	44	52.4	13	31
Disorientation	45	35.7	30	35.7	15	35.7
Apraxia	35	27.8	23	27.4	12	28.6
Psychotic^a symptoms	31	24.6	19	22.6	12	28.6
Incontinence	29	23	19	22.6	10	23.8
Language difficulty	18	14.3	9	10.7	9	21.4
Gait difficulty	16	12.7	8	9.5	8	19.1