Anticholinergic burden and most common anticholinergic-acting medicines in older general practice patients
Anticholinergic burden in older adults has been correlated with cognitive decline, delirium, dizziness and confusion, falls and hospitalisations. Nevertheless, anticholinergic-acting medications remain commonly prescribed in up to a third of older adults in primary care population. Our aim was to st...
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| description | Anticholinergic burden in older adults has been correlated with cognitive decline, delirium, dizziness and confusion, falls and hospitalisations. Nevertheless, anticholinergic-acting medications remain commonly prescribed in up to a third of older adults in primary care population. Our aim was to study the anticholinergic burden in older adults in Slovenian ambulatory setting and explore the most commonly involved medications which could be avoided by the physicians. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-22344c4b71b54938aa3123493ea3860d2022-12-21T22:00:54ZengSciendoSlovenian Journal of Public Health1854-24762018-06-0157314014710.2478/sjph-2018-0018sjph-2018-0018Anticholinergic burden and most common anticholinergic-acting medicines in older general practice patientsGorup Eva0Rifel Janez1Petek šter Marija2University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine, Poljanski nasip 58, 1000Ljubljana, SloveniaUniversity of Ljubljana, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine, Poljanski nasip 58, 1000Ljubljana, SloveniaUniversity of Ljubljana, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine, Poljanski nasip 58, 1000Ljubljana, SloveniaAnticholinergic burden in older adults has been correlated with cognitive decline, delirium, dizziness and confusion, falls and hospitalisations. Nevertheless, anticholinergic-acting medications remain commonly prescribed in up to a third of older adults in primary care population. Our aim was to study the anticholinergic burden in older adults in Slovenian ambulatory setting and explore the most commonly involved medications which could be avoided by the physicians.https://doi.org/10.2478/sjph-2018-0018anticholinergic burdenagedgeneral practiceinappropriate prescribingantiholinergično bremestarostnikiambulante družinske medicineneprimerno predpisovanje zdravil |
| spellingShingle | Gorup Eva Rifel Janez Petek šter Marija Anticholinergic burden and most common anticholinergic-acting medicines in older general practice patients Slovenian Journal of Public Health anticholinergic burden aged general practice inappropriate prescribing antiholinergično breme starostniki ambulante družinske medicine neprimerno predpisovanje zdravil |
| title | Anticholinergic burden and most common anticholinergic-acting medicines in older general practice patients |
| title_full | Anticholinergic burden and most common anticholinergic-acting medicines in older general practice patients |
| title_fullStr | Anticholinergic burden and most common anticholinergic-acting medicines in older general practice patients |
| title_full_unstemmed | Anticholinergic burden and most common anticholinergic-acting medicines in older general practice patients |
| title_short | Anticholinergic burden and most common anticholinergic-acting medicines in older general practice patients |
| title_sort | anticholinergic burden and most common anticholinergic acting medicines in older general practice patients |
| topic | anticholinergic burden aged general practice inappropriate prescribing antiholinergično breme starostniki ambulante družinske medicine neprimerno predpisovanje zdravil |
| url | https://doi.org/10.2478/sjph-2018-0018 |
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