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This study examined the association between delirium and the subsequent monthly use of anticholinergic, sedative, and opioid medications in the 1\u2009year after delirium in older adults with AD.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This comparative interrupted time series analysis involved adults (aged 65\u2009years and older) with a diagnosis of AD initiating on cholinesterase inhibitors (ChEIs) based on 2013\u20132017 Medicare data. Separate patient\u2010level segmented regression models were used for each outcome to evaluate changes in the cumulative anticholinergic burden (CAB), sedative load, and opioid load after the delirium\/index event using a 12\u2010month baseline and follow\u2010up period among patients who had a delirium event and those without delirium (control group). Propensity score\u2010based stabilized weights were utilized to balance baseline factors in the delirium and control groups.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      The study included 80,019 older adults with AD with incident ChEI use; 17.11% had delirium. There was an immediate decline in monthly CAB after the delirium event (mean estimate \u22120.86,\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2010value: 0.01) compared to the control group. A similar decline was observed when examining the sedative load (\u22120.06,\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2010value: 0.002) after the delirium event. However, there was no decline in opioid load (\u22120.50,\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2010value: 0.18). In the long term, CAB (0.13;\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2010value: &lt;0.0001), sedative load (0.01;\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2010value: &lt;0.001), and opioid load (0.07;\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2010value: 0.006) increased over the 1\u2010year post\u2010delirium period in the delirium group compared to those without delirium.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This study found the burden of deliriogenic medications over the 1\u2010year follow\u2010up showed increasing trends in older adults with AD, even though there was some level shift in CAB and sedative load after the delirium event.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1002\/phar.4610","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,9,17]],"date-time":"2024-09-17T15:13:49Z","timestamp":1726586029000},"page":"782-793","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":3,"title":["Delirium event and associated treatment modifications among older adults with Alzheimer's disease: An interrupted time\u2010series analysis of Medicare data"],"prefix":"10.1002","volume":"44","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-9095-2317","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Ashna","family":"Talwar","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pharmaceutical Health Outcomes and Policy, College of Pharmacy University of Houston  Houston Texas USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Satabdi","family":"Chatterjee","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pharmaceutical Health Outcomes and Policy, College of Pharmacy University of Houston  Houston Texas USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Susan","family":"Abughosh","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pharmaceutical Health Outcomes and Policy, College of Pharmacy University of Houston  Houston Texas USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Michael","family":"Johnson","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pharmaceutical Health Outcomes and Policy, College of Pharmacy University of Houston  Houston Texas USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jeffrey","family":"Sherer","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pharmacy Practice and Translational Research, College of Pharmacy University of Houston  Houston Texas USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2310-901X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Rajender R.","family":"Aparasu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pharmaceutical Health Outcomes and Policy, College of Pharmacy University of Houston  Houston Texas USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"311","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,9,17]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_2_9_2_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/s0140-6736(13)60688-1"},{"key":"e_1_2_9_3_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.hrtlng.2020.03.006"},{"key":"e_1_2_9_4_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1136\/bmj.h2538"},{"key":"e_1_2_9_5_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1097\/mlr.0000000000000975"},{"key":"e_1_2_9_6_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/s1474-4422(15)00101-5"},{"key":"e_1_2_9_7_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1002\/gps.3814"},{"key":"e_1_2_9_8_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1164\/rccm.200904-0537OC"},{"key":"e_1_2_9_9_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1056\/nejm199903043400901"},{"key":"e_1_2_9_10_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jamcollsurg.2014.10.019"},{"key":"e_1_2_9_11_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/jgs.12885"},{"key":"e_1_2_9_12_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1007\/s11606-009-0996-7"},{"key":"e_1_2_9_13_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1136\/pgmj.2003.017236"},{"key":"e_1_2_9_14_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1093\/ageing\/afq140"},{"key":"e_1_2_9_15_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1001\/jamainternmed.2014.7663"},{"key":"e_1_2_9_16_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1371\/journal.pone.0220582"},{"key":"e_1_2_9_17_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1002\/gps.846"},{"key":"e_1_2_9_18_1","unstructured":"Centers of Medicare & Medicaid Services.Calculating total daily dose of opioids for safer dosage. 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