Concordance Between Anticholinergic Burden Scales.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To evaluate concordance of five commonly used anticholinergic scales.

Design

Cross-sectional secondary analysis.

Setting

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and Memphis, Tennessee.

Participants

Community-dwelling adults aged 70 to 79 with baseline medication data from the Health, Aging, and Body Composition Study (N = 3,055).

Measurements

Any anticholinergic use, weighted scores, and total standardized daily dosage were calculated using five anticholinergic measures (Anticholinergic Cognitive Burden (ACB) Scale, Anticholinergic Drug Scale (ADS), Anticholinergic Risk Scale (ARS), Drug Burden Index anticholinergic component (DBI-ACh), and Summated Anticholinergic Medications Scale (SAMS)). Concordance was evaluated using kappa statistics and Spearman rank

SUBMITTER: Naples JG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4617193 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature