Anticholinergic drug burden according to the anticholinergic drug scale and the German anticholinergic burden and their impact on cognitive function in multimorbid elderly German people: a multicentre observational study

Objectives The aims of our study were to examine the anticholinergic drug use and to assess the association between anticholinergic burden and cognitive function in the multimorbid elderly patients of the MultiCare cohort.Setting MultiCare was conducted as a longitudinal cohort study in primary care...

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Main Authors: Claudia Langebrake, Gerhard Schön, Ingmar Schäfer, Wolfgang von Renteln-Kruse, Birgitt Wiese, Jochen Gensichen, Caroline Krüger, Hendrik van den Bussche, Horst Bickel, Angela Fuchs, Wolfgang Maier, Karola Mergenthal, Siegfried Weyerer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2021-03-01
Series:BMJ Open
Online Access:https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/11/3/e044230.full