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. 2015 Jul 6;80(5):1169–1175. doi: 10.1111/bcp.12670

Table 2.

Percentage of participants (n = 1705) classified to the same level of anticholinergic drug exposure by the different scales

Anticholinergic drug exposure scales# Percentage of participants (n = 1705)
ACB + ARS + ADS + DBI-ACH 47.5
ACB + ARS + ADS 7.3
ACB + ARS + DBI-ACH 5.6
ACB + ADS + DBI-ACH 3.7
ARS + ADS + DBI-ACH 7.0
ACB + ARS 6.2
ACB + ADS 17.2
ACB + DBI-ACH 2.0
ARS + ADS 1.6
ARS + DBI-ACH 18.4
ADS + DBI-ACH 1.2

#ACB Anticholinergic Cognitive Burden Scale, ARS Anticholinergic Risk Scale, ADS Anticholinergic Drug Scale, DBI-ACH Drug Burden Index-Anticholinergic.

Note Percentages cannot be totalled to 100% as there may be agreement between two different scale pairs for an individual participant.