articleJournal of the American Geriatrics SocietyJun 24, 2011GREEN OA

Anticholinergic Medication Use and Cognitive Impairment in the Older Population: The Medical Research Council Cognitive Function and Ageing Study

CFChris FoxKRKathryn RichardsonIMIan MaidmentGMGeorge M. SavvaFEFiona E. Matthews

University of East Anglia · National Health Service · +10 more institutions

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Abstract

Objectives

To determine whether the use of medications with possible and definite anticholinergic activity increases the risk of cognitive impairment and mortality in older people and whether risk is cumulative.

Design

A 2-year longitudinal study of participants enrolled in the Medical Research Council Cognitive Function and Ageing Study between 1991 and 1993.

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Topics & keywords

Topics
Keywords
  • Anticholinergic
  • Medicine
  • Cognition
  • Confidence interval
  • Population
  • Cognitive decline
  • Longitudinal study
  • Geriatrics
UN Sustainable Development Goals
  • Good health and well-being
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