Table 4.
Synthesis of studies and association measurements by anticholinergic scale.
| Anticholinergic Scale | Studies | Association Assessments |
Association Present (+) | Association Absent (-) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Association Assessments |
Patients Involved |
Association Assessments |
Patients Involved |
|||
| Anticholinergic Risk Scale † | 4 | 4 | 4 | 195,703 | 0 | 0 |
| Anticholinergic Cognitive Burden Scale | 4 | 4 | 3 | 7568 | 1 | 2761 |
| Clinician-Rated Anticholinergic Scale † | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1636 | 2 | 3222 |
| Drug Burden Index | 3 | 5 | 1 | 235 | 4 | 4113 |
| Anticholinergic Drug Scale | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2555 |
| Anticholinergic impregnation scale | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7278 | 0 | 0 |
| Cancelli’s Anticholinergic Burden Scale | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2761 | 0 | 0 |
| Chew’s list | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2761 | 0 | 0 |
| Anticholinergic Burden Classification | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2761 | 0 | 0 |
| Anticholinergic Loading scale | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2761 |
† As Wawruch M., 2011, combined the Anticholinergic Risk scale and the Clinician-Rated Anticholinergic Scale, the association assessments were counted for both scales.