A novel Artificial Intelligence-based tool to assess anticholinergic burden: a survey.

ABSTRACT:

Background

many medications possess anticholinergic activity. Their use is associated with a number of serious adverse effects including cognitive effects. The cumulative anticholinergic effect of medications as assessed by tools such as the anticholinergic burden scale (AchB) can identify people particularly at risk of anticholinergic side-effects. Currently, >20 tools are available for clinicians to use, but there is no consensus on the most appropriate tool.

Methods

a newly created online tool-International Anticholinergic Cognitive Burden Tool (IACT)-based on natural language processing and chemical structure analysis, was developed and made available for clinicians to test its functions. We carried out a survey (between 8th of February and 31st of March 2021) to assess

SUBMITTER: Secchi A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9419503 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature