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Association of Drug Burden Index with grip strength, timed up and go and Barthel index activities of daily living in older adults with intellectual disabilities: an observational cross-sectional study

BACKGROUND: Drug Burden Index (DBI), a measure of exposure to medications with anticholinergic and sedative activity, has been associated with poorer physical function in older adults in the general population. While extensive study has been conducted on associations between DBI and physical functio...

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Autores principales: O’Connell, Juliette, Henman, Martin C., Burke, Éilish, Donegan, Clare, McCallion, Philip, McCarron, Mary, O’Dwyer, Máire
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6591943/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31234775
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-019-1190-3