ArticlePloS one2023
Translation and cultural adaptation of MedStopper®-A web-based decision aid for deprescribing in older adults: A protocol.
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- Clinical decision support systems for polypharmacy optimization in older patients: a narrative review.European journal of clinical pharmacology · 2026Review
- A scoping review on adaptations incorporated into decision aids for children and adolescents (C&A) cohorts.Translational pediatrics · 2025Review
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Abstract
backgroundOlder patients are more likely to have medication-related problems, which are associated with changes in pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics, multimorbidity, and polypharmacy. Polypharmacy and inappropriate prescribing are well-known risk factors which commonly cause adverse clinical outcomes in older people. Prescribers struggle to identify potentially inappropriate medications and to choose an adequate tapering approach. METHODS/
designThe goal of the study is to translate and culturally adapt MedStopper®, an original English language web-based decision aid system in deprescribing medication, to the Portuguese population. A translation-back translation method, with validation of the obtained Portuguese version of MedStopper® will be used, followed by a comprehension test. DISCUSSION: This is the first research in the Portuguese primary care setting that aims to provide a useful online tool for the appropriate prescription of older patients. The translated version in Portuguese version of the MedStopper® tool will represent an advance that seeks to continue improving the management of medications in the elderly. The adaptation into Portuguese of the educational tool provides clinicians with a screening tool to detect potentially inappropriate prescribing in patients older than 65 that reliable and easier to use.
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