| Autor: |
Eliz Cassieli Pereira Pinto, Ana Maria Rigo Silva, Marcos Aparecido Sarria Cabrera, André de Oliveira Baldoni, Daniela Frizon Alfieri, Renne Rodrigues, Edmarlon Girotto |
| Jazyk: |
English<br />Portuguese |
| Rok vydání: |
2023 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Geriatrics, Gerontology and Aging, Vol 17, Pp 1-8 (2023) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
2447-2123 |
| DOI: |
10.53886/gga.e0230029 |
| Popis: |
Objective: To investigate the relationship between anticholinergic load (ACL) and self-perceived general health in adults in a medium-sized municipality in southern Brazil. Methods: This cross-sectional study was based on 2015 data from a medium-sized municipality in southern Brazil. All respondents aged 44 years or older who reported using drugs in the 2 weeks before the interview were included (n = 662). The Anticholinergic Drug Scale was used to measure the ACL. Self-perceived health was categorized as positive self-perception (PSP) or negative self-perception (NSP). Crude and adjusted Poisson regression analyses were conducted to investigate the association between ACL and self-perceived health. Results: NSP was found in 50.91% of 662 respondents. Significant ACL, older age, lower economic status, lower education, polypharmacy, and depression correlated with a higher frequency of NSP. Individuals with significant ACL had a prevalence of NSP of 1.27 (95% confidence interval: 1.02 - 1.58), and each additional ACL level represented a 6.10% higher chance of worse self-perceived health, regardless of confounding factors. Conclusions: An association was found between significant ACL and NSP, with an effect dependent on ACL level. |
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