Resources for the Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment based
Proactive and Personalised Primary Care of the Elderly
STOPP-START
Screening Tool Of Older People's Prescriptions (STOPP)
Screening Tool to Alert to Right Treatment (START)
Purpose : Decision aid for supporting medication review. It consists of a series of rules/suggestions related to high-yield problems in prescribing for older people, both in terms of reducing medication burden (STOPP) and adding in potentially benefical therapy (START)
Admin time : Highly operator dependent - 5 mins for an expert, up to 20-30 mins
User Friendly : Moderate
Administered by : GP, Physician, Community Pharmacist
Content : It consists of a series of rules/suggestions related to high-yield problems in prescribing for older people, both in terms of reducing medication burden (STOPP) and adding in potentially benefical therapy (START)
Author : O’Mahony D, 2015
STOPP-START
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This Tool is used in the Medication Review
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The Medication Review is one of 5 sub-domains of the
Medical Assessment
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The Medical Assessment is one of 8 domains of the
Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA)
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This Tool is also used in Proactive Care
of the Elderly
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