The associations of the number of medications and the use of anticholinergics with recovery from tubal feeding: a longitudinal hospital-based study

Table 4 The incidence of discharge from the hospital and adding ≥3 prescribed medications

	Incidence of recovery to oral feeding
	Cox regression analysis		Bootstrap analysis
	Adjusted HR (95% CI)	P value	95% CI	P value
No adding 3 or more prescribed medication	1
Adding 3 or more prescribed medications	0.33 (0.14–0.80) ^a	0.014	0.07–0.92	0.032

HR Hazard ratio, CI Confidence interval, ACBs Anticholinergic cognitive burden scale, HDS-R Hasegawa dementia rating scale-revised
^a Adjusted for age, sex, gastrostomy tube, cerebrovascular disease, wasting syndrome, Parkinson’s disease, HDS-R and the number of prescribed medications at the baseline

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