Table 2.

Systematic tool to reduce inappropriate prescribing (STRIP) recommendations to optimise prescribing in older adults (n=916)

Recommendations	Estimate	Minimum-maximum
Recommendations by STRIP method
Mean (SD) No of recommendations per patient	2.75 (2.24)	0-19
No (%) of participants with at least one recommendation	789 (86.1)
Mean (SD) No of STOPP recommendations per participant	1.79 (1.89)	0-18
No (%) of participants with at least one STOPP recommendation	665 (72.6)
Mean (SD) No of START recommendations per participant	0.95 (1.17)	0-7
No (%) of participants with at least one START recommendation	497 (54.3)
Recommendations implemented at 2 months*
Mean (SD) No of implemented recommendations per participant	1.16 (1.48)	0-12
Missing data: 57 (6.2%)
No (%) of participants with at least one implemented recommendation	491 (62.2)†
Mean (SD) No of implemented STOPP recommendations per participant	0.93 (1.35)	0-12
Missing data: 47 (5.1%)
Mean (SD) No of implemented START recommendations per participant	0.22 (0.54)	0-4
Missing data; 38 (4.1%)

STRIP=systematic tool to reduce inappropriate prescribing; STOPP=screening tool of older people’s prescriptions; START=screening tool to alert to right treatment.

^*In case of death, loss to follow-up, or withdrawal before two months, information on the implementation of the recommendation was judged as missing.

^†Denominator is 789 patients with at least one recommendation, excluding patients without recommendations.