STOPP/START version 3: even better with age

doi:10.1007/s41999-023-00784-z

Editorial

. 2023 Aug;14(4):635-637.

doi: 10.1007/s41999-023-00784-z.

STOPP/START version 3: even better with age

Paula A Rochon^{1

2

3}, Nathan M Stall^{4

5}, Christina Reppas-Rindlisbacher^{4

5}, Jerry H Gurwitz⁶

Affiliations

¹ Women's Age Lab and Women's College Research Institute, Women's College Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada. paula.rochon@wchospital.ca.
² Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada. paula.rochon@wchospital.ca.
³ Division of Geriatric Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada. paula.rochon@wchospital.ca.
⁴ Women's Age Lab and Women's College Research Institute, Women's College Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada.
⁵ Division of Geriatric Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
⁶ Division of Geriatric Medicine, UMass Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA.

PMID: 37256474
PMCID: PMC10231291
DOI: 10.1007/s41999-023-00784-z

Editorial

STOPP/START version 3: even better with age

Paula A Rochon et al. Eur Geriatr Med. 2023 Aug.

. 2023 Aug;14(4):635-637.

doi: 10.1007/s41999-023-00784-z.

Authors

Paula A Rochon^{1

2

3}, Nathan M Stall^{4

5}, Christina Reppas-Rindlisbacher^{4

5}, Jerry H Gurwitz⁶

Affiliations

¹ Women's Age Lab and Women's College Research Institute, Women's College Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada. paula.rochon@wchospital.ca.
² Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada. paula.rochon@wchospital.ca.
³ Division of Geriatric Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada. paula.rochon@wchospital.ca.
⁴ Women's Age Lab and Women's College Research Institute, Women's College Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada.
⁵ Division of Geriatric Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
⁶ Division of Geriatric Medicine, UMass Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA.

PMID: 37256474
PMCID: PMC10231291
DOI: 10.1007/s41999-023-00784-z

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Conflict of interest statement

Dr. Rochon holds the RTOERO Chair in Geriatric Medicine at the University of Toronto. Dr Reppas-Rindlisbacher receives funding from the CIHR Vanier Scholarship Program, and the Eliot Phillipson Clinician-Scientist Training Program at the University of Toronto.

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STOPP/START criteria for potentially inappropriate prescribing in older people: version 3.
O'Mahony D, Cherubini A, Guiteras AR, Denkinger M, Beuscart JB, Onder G, Gudmundsson A, Cruz-Jentoft AJ, Knol W, Bahat G, van der Velde N, Petrovic M, Curtin D. O'Mahony D, et al. Eur Geriatr Med. 2023 Aug;14(4):625-632. doi: 10.1007/s41999-023-00777-y. Epub 2023 May 31. Eur Geriatr Med. 2023. PMID: 37256475 Free PMC article.

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1. Sheikh A, Dhingra-Kumar N, Kelley E, Kieny MP, Donaldson LJ. The third global patient safety challenge: tackling medication-related harm. Bull World Health Organ. 2017;95(8):546–546A. doi: 10.2471/BLT.17.198002. - DOI - PMC - PubMed
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1. Gallagher P, Ryan C, Byrne S, Kennedy J, O'Mahony D. STOPP (screening tool of older person's prescriptions) and START (screening tool to alert doctors to right treatment). Consensus validation. Int J Clin Pharmacol Ther. 2008;46(2):72–83. doi: 10.5414/CPP46072. - DOI - PubMed
1. O'Mahony D, O'Sullivan D, Byrne S, O'Connor MN, Ryan C, Gallagher P. STOPP/START criteria for potentially inappropriate prescribing in older people: version 2. Age Ageing. 2015;44(2):213–218. doi: 10.1093/ageing/afu145. - DOI - PMC - PubMed

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[1] World Health Organization. Medication without harm. https://www.who.int/initiatives/medication-without-harm. Accessed 16 Mar 2023

[2] World Health Organization. Medication without harm. https://www.who.int/initiatives/medication-without-harm. Accessed 16 Mar 2023

[3] Sheikh A, Dhingra-Kumar N, Kelley E, Kieny MP, Donaldson LJ. The third global patient safety challenge: tackling medication-related harm. Bull World Health Organ. 2017;95(8):546–546A. doi: 10.2471/BLT.17.198002. - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[4] Sheikh A, Dhingra-Kumar N, Kelley E, Kieny MP, Donaldson LJ. The third global patient safety challenge: tackling medication-related harm. Bull World Health Organ. 2017;95(8):546–546A. doi: 10.2471/BLT.17.198002. - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[5] O'Mahony D, Cherubini A, Guiteras AR et al (2023) STOPP/START criteria for potentially inappropriate prescribing in older people: version 3. Eur Geriatr Med. 10.1007/s41999-023-00777-y - PMC - PubMed

[6] O'Mahony D, Cherubini A, Guiteras AR et al (2023) STOPP/START criteria for potentially inappropriate prescribing in older people: version 3. Eur Geriatr Med. 10.1007/s41999-023-00777-y - PMC - PubMed

[7] Gallagher P, Ryan C, Byrne S, Kennedy J, O'Mahony D. STOPP (screening tool of older person's prescriptions) and START (screening tool to alert doctors to right treatment). Consensus validation. Int J Clin Pharmacol Ther. 2008;46(2):72–83. doi: 10.5414/CPP46072. - DOI - PubMed

[8] Gallagher P, Ryan C, Byrne S, Kennedy J, O'Mahony D. STOPP (screening tool of older person's prescriptions) and START (screening tool to alert doctors to right treatment). Consensus validation. Int J Clin Pharmacol Ther. 2008;46(2):72–83. doi: 10.5414/CPP46072. - DOI - PubMed

[9] O'Mahony D, O'Sullivan D, Byrne S, O'Connor MN, Ryan C, Gallagher P. STOPP/START criteria for potentially inappropriate prescribing in older people: version 2. Age Ageing. 2015;44(2):213–218. doi: 10.1093/ageing/afu145. - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[10] O'Mahony D, O'Sullivan D, Byrne S, O'Connor MN, Ryan C, Gallagher P. STOPP/START criteria for potentially inappropriate prescribing in older people: version 2. Age Ageing. 2015;44(2):213–218. doi: 10.1093/ageing/afu145. - DOI - PMC - PubMed

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