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Tool helps identify potential adverse drug events among senior patients
Wednesday, 15 June 2011 09:05

A paper published in the journal Archives of Internal Medicine has found that using the Screening Tool of Older Persons' Potentially Inappropriate Prescriptions (STOPP) helped physicians identify adverse drug events (ADEs) in elderly individuals.

Lead investigator Hilary Hamilton and her colleagues reported that ADEs are a significant issue among older patients and may contribute to rehospitalizations as well as high medical costs. In order to address this problem, STOPP was developed to prevent the incidence of potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs) among older patients, substances that have been associated with a higher risk of intolerance due to adverse drug-disease interactions.

The team evaluated 600 patients over the age of 65 who had been admitted to the hospital. Applying the STOPP program helped determine whether any of these individuals' prescribed drugs were considered PIMs. Out of this sample of elderly people, a total of 329 ADEs were identified in 158 patients.

"Given the current data showing that PIMs are clinically significant in relation to ADEs, application of the STOPP criteria to drug prescribing and dispensing in older people could be highly valuable as a routine screening tool," Hamilton concluded.
 

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