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Table 2 Summary of selected PIP criteria

From: Addressing potentially inappropriate prescribing in older patients: development and pilot study of an intervention in primary care (the OPTI-SCRIPT study)

Criteria

Year

Country of origin

Number of criteria

Target group

Method of development

McLeod

1997

Canada

38

General population ≥ 65

Delphi consensus method

IPET

2000

Canada

14

General population ≥ 70

Based on McLeod, validated in a geriatric unit

Beers

2003*

USA

68

General population ≥ 65

Delphi consensus method

Rx-PAD

2006

Norway

14

General population ≥ 70 years

Based on literature and Delphi consensus method

ACOVE

2007

USA

392

Community- dwelling ≥ 65 at greater risk of death/functional decline

Delphi consensus method

STOPP

2010

Ireland

65

General population ≥ 65

Delphi consensus method

  1. * Note: The Beers criteria were first developed in 1991 and updated in 1997, 2003 and most recently in 2012. The 2003 version was included in this study.