The associations of the number of medications and the use of anticholinergics with recovery from tubal feeding: a longitudinal hospital-based study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Several medications, such as anticholinergics, are considered to affect the swallowing function adversely; however, whether or not anticholinergics or polypharmacy should be avoided to prevent eating dysfunction in elderly populations remains unclear. We therefore examined whether or not the number of medications or the use of anticholinergics was associated with recovery from tubal feeding in elderly inpatients.

Methods

We conducted a retrospective 1-year observation study in 95 Japanese hospitalized patients (83.3 ± 9.7 years old) receiving nutrition through a feeding tube. The anticholinergic cognitive burden scale (ACBs) was used as an index for quantifying the anticholinergic action.

Results

Thirty-six (37.9%) subjects recovered from tubal to oral feed

SUBMITTER: Takata K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7526129 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature