TABLE 3.

Overview of anticholinergic scales’ characteristics.

Study (year)	Scale	Country	No of included drugs	Grading system	Dosage considered
Carnahan et al. (2006)	Anticholinergic drug scale (ADS)	USA	117	Scores: 0–3	No
Klamer et al. (2017)	Muscarinic acetylcholinergic receptor ANTagonist exposure scale (MARANTE)	Belgium	41	Equation	Yes
Hilmer et al. (2007b)	Drug-burden-index (DBI)	Australia	128	Equation	Yes
Rudolph et al. (2008)	Anticholinergic risk scale (ARS)	USA	49	Scores: 0–3	No
Kiesel et al. (2018)	German anticholinergic burden score (Ger-ABS)	Germany	151	Scores: 0–3	No