Open AccessImproving quantification of anticholinergic burden using the Anticholinergic Effect on Cognition Scale – a healthcare improvement study in a geriatric ward setting
Author(s) -
Bharathi Balasundaram,
Wendy Swee Tee Ang,
Robert Stewart,
Delia Bishara,
Chun How Ooi,
Fuyin Li,
Farooq Akram,
Andrew Kwek
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
australasian psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.444
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 1440-1665
pISSN - 1039-8562
DOI - 10.1177/10398562221103117
Subject(s) - anticholinergic , medicine , neurocognitive , cognition , delirium , scale (ratio) , psychiatry , quantum mechanics , physics
Anticholinergic burden refers to the cumulative effects of taking multiple medications with anticholinergic effects. This study was carried out in a public hospital in Singapore, aimed to improve and achieve a 100% comprehensive identification and review of measured, anticholinergic burden in a geriatric psychiatry liaison service to geriatric wards. We evaluated changes in pre-to post-assessment anticholinergic burden scores and trainee feedback.