Inter-rater reliability of STOPP (Screening Tool of Older Persons' Prescriptions) and START (Screening Tool to Alert doctors to Right Treatment) criteria amongst physicians in six European countries

Age and Ageing

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 603-606

  Gallagher, Paul ^a   Baeyens, Jean Pierre ^b   Topinkova, Eva ^c   Madlova, Pavla ^c   Cherubini, Antonio ^d   Gasperini, Beatrice ^d   Cruz Jentoft, Alfonso ^e   Montero, Beatriz ^e   Lang, Pierre Olivier ^f   Michel, Jean Pierre ^f   O'Mahony, Denis ^a  

^a University College Cork and INFANT Centre   (Ireland)

^b AZ Damiaan Oostende ^*  (Belgium)

^c CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^e HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONTENT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITERION VARIABLE; EUROPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; LETTER; PHYSICIAN; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TOOL OF OLDER PERSON PRESCRIPTION; SCREENING TOOL TO ALERT DOCTOR TO RIGHT TREATMENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COMMUNICATION; DRUG INTERACTIONS; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; EUROPE; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALE; MASS SCREENING; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS; POLYPHARMACY; PREVALENCE;

EID: 67651097075     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afp058     Document Type: Letter

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