Electroacupuncture for the Treatment of Agitated Symptoms of Alzheimer's Disease

CMAI is one of the most widely used tools for assessing agitated behaviors that affect patients' quality of life and burden caregivers. The scale contains 29 items, including different agitated behaviors and emotional states, to which the assessed responds based on their own observations and experiences. The scores for all items are added together to give a total score. The higher the score, the more severe the agitated behavior.

CMAI is one of the most widely used tools for assessing agitated behaviors that affect patients' quality of life and burden caregivers. The scale contains 29 items, including different agitated behaviors and emotional states, to which the assessed responds based on their own observations and experiences. The scores for all items are added together to give a total score. The higher the score, the more severe the agitated behavior.

mADCS-CGIC is a global rating of change developed to assess clinically significant change in symptoms over time in AD clinical trials. Clinicians rate patient agitation on the mADCS-CGIC as: very much improved (1), much improved (2), minimally improved (3), no change (4), minimally worse (5), much worse (6), and very much worse (7) compared to baseline symptoms.

The BEHAVE-AD scale is used to assess the behavioral pathology of patients with Alzheimer's disease. It contains 25 items to assess patients' symptoms and severity across multiple behavioral areas. The higher the total score of BEHAVE-AD, the more serious the behavioral pathology of the patient.

NPI is used to evaluate neuropsychiatric behavioral symptoms of dementia patients. The scale assesses the neuropsychiatric disorders of patients according to the caregiver's view of the patient's behavior and the corresponding distress felt by the patient. The scoring range of the patient evaluation scale is 0-144 points, and the scoring of the caregiver distress scale is 0-60 points, the lower the score is, the better the patient's condition is.

The MMSE scale can comprehensively, accurately and quickly reflect the intellectual state and cognitive function defect of the subjects. The total score ranges from 0 to 30 points, and the higher the score is, the better the cognitive function is

The ADAS-Cog scale is a scale commonly used to assess cognitive impairment in Alzheimer's patients on a scale ranging from 0 to 70 points, with higher scores indicating more severe cognitive impairment.

The ADL consists of the Physical self-maintenance scale (PSMS) and the Instrumental Activities of daily living Scale (IADL). Higher scores indicating lower ability.

The PSQI Scale is a standardized tool used to assess sleep quality and contains 7 sections covering the main aspects of sleep quality. Each section was scored on a scale of 0-3, and the overall score was 0-21, with higher scores indicating poorer sleep quality.

The ZBI scale is a tool used to assess the degree of psychological and physical burden on caregivers caring for family members with cognitive impairment or chronic illness. The total score ranges from 0 to 88, with higher scores indicating higher caregiving burden.