14 Rational Prescribing in the Frail Elderly Population: A Quality Improvement Project to Reduce Inappropriate Prescribing Using STOPP-Frail Criteria

Inappropriate prescribing and related hospital admissions in frail older persons according to the STOPP and START criteria.

BACKGROUND Over the last few years, the Screening Tool of Older Person's Prescriptions (STOPP) and Screening Tool to Alert doctors to Right Treatment (START) criteria have been increasingly used to evaluate the prevalence of inappropriate prescribing. However, very few studies have evaluated the link between these criteria and clinical outcomes. OBJECTIVES The objectives of this study were to...

Guideline-Based Prescribing in Frail Elderly Patients.

Inappropriate prescribing of antithrombotic therapy in Ethiopian elderly population using updated 2015 STOPP/START criteria: a cross-sectional study

BACKGROUND Inappropriate use of antiplatelets and anticoagulants among elderly patients increases the risk of adverse outcomes. The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of inappropriate prescribing of antithrombotic therapy in hospitalized elderly patients. METHODS A retrospective cross-sectional, single-center study was conducted at the Gondar University Hospital. A total of 156 ho...

antibiotic and interventions to reduce inappropriate prescribing

STOPP & START criteria: A new approach to detecting potentially inappropriate prescribing in old age

Potentially inappropriate prescribing (IP) is an issue of major importance in the pharmacotherapy of older people globally. To date, Beers’ criteria have been in common research usage for defining potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs) in older people. However, Beers’ criteria have a number of serious flaws and are of doubtful relevance to routine geriatric pharmacotherapy. For these reas...