Abstract
Polypharmacy and frailty are 2 prevalent geriatric syndromes in the older population, and medication review and deprescription may be beneficial. The Screening Tool of Older Persons Prescriptions in Frail adults with limited life expectancy (STOPPFrail criteria) is explicit criteria developed through a Delphi process targeting older patients with physical dependency, advanced frailty, irreversible chronic or terminal illness, and a life expectancy of less than 12 months. It was first published in 2017 and was revised to a second version in 2020. Compared with the first version, the second version has consolidated the list of potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs) and placed additional focus on patient and family involvement in their treatments. 1 Lavan A.H. Gallagher P. Parsons C. O'Mahony D. STOPPFrail (screening tool of older persons prescriptions in frail adults with limited life expectancy): consensus validation. Age Ageing. 2017; 46: 600-607 Crossref PubMed Scopus (3) Google Scholar ,2 Curtin D. Gallagher P. O’Mahony D. Deprescribing in older people approaching end-of-life: development and validation of STOPPFrail version 2. Age Ageing. 2021; 50: 465-471 Crossref PubMed Scopus (36) Google Scholar
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