'Modified STOPP-START criteria for Sri Lanka'; translating to a resource limited healthcare setting by Delphi consensus.

ABSTRACT:

Background

'Screening tool of older people's prescriptions (STOPP) and screening tool to alert to right treatment (START)' criteria is a useful tool to assess the appropriateness of medicines among older adults. However, the original STOPP/START criteria developed in the West, may not be directly applicable to resource limited healthcare settings like Sri Lanka. Hence, we aimed to modify STOPP/START criteria (Version 2) to suit Sri Lanka.

Method

Two investigators (a clinical pharmacologist and a pharmacist) reviewed and flagged criteria that were unfeasible to Sri Lanka based on their previous research experiences on using STOPP/START version 1. A Delphi consensus methodology was conducted among six experts, including geriatricians, clinical pharmacologists, physicians and a

SUBMITTER: Samaranayake NR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6805460 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature