Associations between Drug Burden Index and Mortality in Older People in Residential Aged Care Facilities

Abstract Background: The Drug Burden Index (DBI), a measure of an individual’s exposure to anticholinergic and sedative medications, is associated with functional impairment in community-dwelling, older people. In people from residential aged care facilities (RACFs), DBI score does not appear to be...
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Autor*in:

Wilson, Nicholas M. [verfasserIn]

Hilmer, Sarah N. [verfasserIn]

March, Lyn M. [verfasserIn]

Chen, Jian Sheng [verfasserIn]

Gnjidic, Danijela [verfasserIn]

Mason, Rebecca S. [verfasserIn]

Cameron, Ian D. [verfasserIn]

Sambrook, Philip N. [verfasserIn]

Format:

E-Artikel

Sprache:

Englisch

Erschienen:

2012

Schlagwörter:

Charlson Comorbidity Index

Anticholinergic Medication

Charlson Comorbidity Index Score

Sedative Medication

Residential Aged Care Facility

Übergeordnetes Werk:

Enthalten in: Drugs & aging - Berlin [u.a.] : Springer, 1991, 29(2012), 2 vom: Feb., Seite 157-165

Übergeordnetes Werk:

volume:29 ; year:2012 ; number:2 ; month:02 ; pages:157-165

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DOI / URN:

10.2165/11598570-000000000-00000

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SPR033243859

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