U.S., Sept. 11 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT07165574) titled 'Prevalence of Anticholinergics in Geriatric Patients With Acute Functional Deterioration' on Aug. 28.
Brief Summary: This study investigates the anticholinergic burden on patients seen in the Subacute mobile outpatient geriatric clinic in Aalborg, Denmark, between the years of 2024 and 2025.
The age demographic in Denmark and multiple other countries is changing rapidly, with more old and very old individuals as a result. As humans become older, they tend to accumulate more illnesses, and the risk of polypharmacy increases. There is a wide selection of medicine that affect the binding of acetylcholine to the muscarinic receptors, ...