Potentially inappropriate medication: Association between the use of antidepressant drugs and the subsequent risk for dementia
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Potentially inappropriate medication: Association between the use of antidepressant drugs and the subsequent risk for dementia. / Heser, Kathrin; Luck, Tobias; Röhr, Susanne; Wiese, Birgitt; Kaduszkiewicz, Hanna; Oey, Anke; Bickel, Horst; Mösch, Edelgard; Weyerer, Siegfried; Werle, Jochen; Brettschneider, Christian; König, Hans-Helmut; Fuchs, Angela; Pentzek, Michael; van den Bussche, Hendrik; Scherer, Martin; Maier, Wolfgang; Riedel-Heller, Steffi G; Wagner, Michael; AgeCoDe & AgeQualiDe study group.
in: J AFFECT DISORDERS, Jahrgang 226, 15.01.2018, S. 28-35.Publikationen: SCORING: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift/Zeitung › SCORING: Zeitschriftenaufsatz › Forschung › Begutachtung
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T1 - Potentially inappropriate medication: Association between the use of antidepressant drugs and the subsequent risk for dementia
AU - Heser, Kathrin
AU - Luck, Tobias
AU - Röhr, Susanne
AU - Wiese, Birgitt
AU - Kaduszkiewicz, Hanna
AU - Oey, Anke
AU - Bickel, Horst
AU - Mösch, Edelgard
AU - Weyerer, Siegfried
AU - Werle, Jochen
AU - Brettschneider, Christian
AU - König, Hans-Helmut
AU - Fuchs, Angela
AU - Pentzek, Michael
AU - van den Bussche, Hendrik
AU - Scherer, Martin
AU - Maier, Wolfgang
AU - Riedel-Heller, Steffi G
AU - Wagner, Michael
AU - AgeCoDe & AgeQualiDe study group
N1 - Copyright © 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
PY - 2018/1/15
Y1 - 2018/1/15
N2 - BACKGROUND: Potentially inappropriate medication (PIM) is associated with an increased risk for detrimental health outcomes in elderly patients. Some antidepressant drugs are considered as PIM, but previous research on the association between antidepressants and subsequent dementia has been inconclusive. Therefore, we investigated whether the intake of antidepressants, particularly of those considered as PIM according to the Priscus list, would predict incident dementia.METHODS: We used data of a prospective cohort study of non-demented primary care patients (n = 3239, mean age = 79.62) to compute Cox proportional hazards models. The risk for subsequent dementia was estimated over eight follow-ups up to 12 years depending on antidepressant intake and covariates.RESULTS: The intake of antidepressants was associated with an increased risk for subsequent dementia (HR = 1.53, 95% CI: 1.16-2.02, p = .003; age-, sex-, education-adjusted). PIM antidepressants (HR = 1.49, 95% CI: 1.06-2.10, p = .021), but not other antidepressants (HR = 1.04, 95% CI: 0.66-1.66, p = .863), were associated with an increased risk for subsequent dementia (in age-, sex-, education-, and depressive symptoms adjusted models). Significant associations disappeared after global cognition at baseline was controlled for.LIMITATIONS: Methodological limitations such as selection biases and self-reported drug assessments might have influenced the results.CONCLUSIONS: Only antidepressants considered as PIM were associated with an increased subsequent dementia risk. Anticholinergic effects might explain this relationship. The association disappeared after the statistical control for global cognition at baseline. Nonetheless, physicians should avoid the prescription of PIM antidepressants in elderly patients whenever possible.
AB - BACKGROUND: Potentially inappropriate medication (PIM) is associated with an increased risk for detrimental health outcomes in elderly patients. Some antidepressant drugs are considered as PIM, but previous research on the association between antidepressants and subsequent dementia has been inconclusive. Therefore, we investigated whether the intake of antidepressants, particularly of those considered as PIM according to the Priscus list, would predict incident dementia.METHODS: We used data of a prospective cohort study of non-demented primary care patients (n = 3239, mean age = 79.62) to compute Cox proportional hazards models. The risk for subsequent dementia was estimated over eight follow-ups up to 12 years depending on antidepressant intake and covariates.RESULTS: The intake of antidepressants was associated with an increased risk for subsequent dementia (HR = 1.53, 95% CI: 1.16-2.02, p = .003; age-, sex-, education-adjusted). PIM antidepressants (HR = 1.49, 95% CI: 1.06-2.10, p = .021), but not other antidepressants (HR = 1.04, 95% CI: 0.66-1.66, p = .863), were associated with an increased risk for subsequent dementia (in age-, sex-, education-, and depressive symptoms adjusted models). Significant associations disappeared after global cognition at baseline was controlled for.LIMITATIONS: Methodological limitations such as selection biases and self-reported drug assessments might have influenced the results.CONCLUSIONS: Only antidepressants considered as PIM were associated with an increased subsequent dementia risk. Anticholinergic effects might explain this relationship. The association disappeared after the statistical control for global cognition at baseline. Nonetheless, physicians should avoid the prescription of PIM antidepressants in elderly patients whenever possible.
KW - Journal Article
U2 - 10.1016/j.jad.2017.09.016
DO - 10.1016/j.jad.2017.09.016
M3 - SCORING: Journal article
C2 - 28942203
VL - 226
SP - 28
EP - 35
JO - J AFFECT DISORDERS
JF - J AFFECT DISORDERS
SN - 0165-0327
ER -