Anticholinergic drug exposure is associated with prevalence, worsening and incidence of dysphagia among hospitalized older adults.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

In this study, we aimed at evaluating the association between anticholinergic drug exposure and prevalence, worsening, and incidence of dysphagia among hospitalized older individuals.

Design and setting

We used data from the REPORT-Age project, a multicenter cohort study including patients aged 65 years or more, admitted to acute care hospitals of the Italian National Institute for Health and Sciences on Aging (INRCA-IRCCS) between 2011 and 2019.

Participants

4,005 older patients aged 84.7 (SD = 6.6) years underwent comprehensive geriatric examination according to the interRAI minimum dataset for acute care (MDS-AC), at both hospital admission and discharge.

Measurements

Both prevalence and severity of dysphagia were assessed through items of subject

SUBMITTER: Muglia L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12180006 | biostudies-literature | 2025 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature