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Table 6 Recommendations to improve the validity and applicability of explicit tools

From: Detection of potentially inappropriate prescribing in the very old: cross-sectional analysis of the data from the BELFRAIL observational cohort study

Recommendations to improve the validity of the criteria

Recommendations to improve the applicability of the criteria

• mention of contra-indications of the criteria

• no contradictions between criteria

• no overlap between criteria

• precise range of application of the criteria (inclusion criteria)

• mention of time to benefit [45, 46]

• clear definitions (conditions, diseases, drug categories)

• monitoring tips

• suggestions of alternatives (pharmacological and non-pharmacological)

• mention of adaptation to functional and cognitive status, life-expectancy, and multimorbidity.