Anticholinergic burden and dry mouth problems among community-dwelling German older adults 50 years and older receiving dental care – a retrospective cross-sectional study

• Conditions: K11.7; Disturbances of salivary secretion

• Registration Number: DRKS00032877
• Lead Sponsor: Poliklinik für Zahnerhaltung und Parodontologie Uniklink Zahn

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Study Completion: 2023-04-30
• Study Start: 2023-10-17
• Last Update Posted: 19 August 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Complete
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 172

Inclusion Criteria

Patients receiving dental care at the student classes of the policlinics of periodontology and operative dentistry, University hospital of Cologne

Exclusion Criteria

none

Study & Design

• Study Type: observational
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The anticholinergic burden is determined on the basis of the medication taken with the ACB index for German-language medications (Kiesel et al.). Detailed dental findings as well as subjective dry mouth using VAS scales and objective saliva measurement.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Relationship between anticholinergic drug exposure with xerostomia (XVAS) and unstimulated salivary secretion (USFR) in this population and whether increasing age can serve as an influencing variable.