Comparison of Anticholinergic Risk Scales and Associations with Adverse Health Outcomes in Older People
Comparison of Anticholinergic Risk Scales and Associations with Adverse Health Outcomes in Older People
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DOI:
10.1111/jgs.13206
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发表时间:
2015-01-01
影响因子:
6.3
通讯作者:
Nishtala, Prasad S.
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作者:
Salahudeen, Mohammed Saji;Hilmer, Sarah N.;Nishtala, Prasad S.
ObjectivesTo investigate whether anticholinergic burden scores from nine published anticholinergic scales are associated with adverse health outcomes, including hospital admissions, hospitalizations for falls, hospital length of stay (LOS), and more visits to general practitioners (GPs).DesignPharmacoepidemiological population-based study.SettingNew Zealand.ParticipantsPopulation aged 65 and older (n=537,387).MeasurementsData were analyzed for 537,387 individuals from the Pharmaceutical Claims Data Mart data set (2011). Anticholinergic medication exposure was calculated using nine published scales. Events information (2012) was extracted from the National Minimum Datasets using International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, codes. Predictors of hospital admissions, hospitalizations for falls, LOS, and GP visits were examined using regression models adjusting for age, sex, ethnicity, comorbidities, and polypharmacy.ResultsPrevalence of exposure to anticholinergic medicines ranged from 22.8% to 55.9% according to the different scales. Multivariate regression analysis showed that anticholinergic burden scores quantified according to all nine scales were significantly associated with hospital admissions, hospitalizations for falls, LOS, and GP visits (P