Concordance Among 10 Different Anticholinergic Burden Scales in At-Risk Older Populations

Conclusions The agreement among the 10 scales in elderly patients with complex chronic conditions was highly variable. Great care should be taken when assessing anticholinergic drug exposure using existing scales because of the wide variability among them. The only scales that showed agreement were the AAS-Chew, Clinician-Rated Anticholinergic Scale–Duran, and AAS–Anticholinergic Cognitive Burden Scale pairs. In the rest of the cases, the scales are not interchangeable.
Source: Journal of Patient Safety - Category: Health Management Tags: Original Studies Source Type: research