Prescribing Practices of Anticholinergic Medications and Their Association With Cognition in an Extended Care Setting

• Published in: Journal of applied gerontology Vol. 31; no. 2; pp. 239 - 259
• Main Authors: Drag, Lauren L., Wright, Sara L., Bieliauskas, Linas A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01.04.2012; SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC
• Subjects: Burden; Clinical standards; Cognition; Cognitive ability; Dopamine; Elderly; Elderly people; Executives; Gerontology; Hospitalized; Memory; Negative cognition; Neurology; Older people; Prescribing; neuropsychology; cognition; anticholinergic; burden

The current study examined prescribing patterns of anticholinergic (AC) medications and their association with cognitive function in 450 nondemented and nondelirious older adults hospitalized in a postacute extended care center. Participants completed a brief neuropsychological battery that included...