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Published on in Vol 15 (2026)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/92082, first published .
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Identification of Potentially Inappropriate Medications for Adults Below 65 Years: Protocol for a Modified Delphi Study

Identification of Potentially Inappropriate Medications for Adults Below 65 Years: Protocol for a Modified Delphi Study

Eva Filosa   1 , BSc ;   Nicole Schönenberger   2, 3 , PhD ;   Utibe R Essien   4 , MD, MPH ;   Camille Gagnon   5 , PharmD, MSc ;   Danijela Gnjidic   6 , PhD, MPH ;   Lisa Kouladjian O’Donnell   6 , PhD, MPharm ;   Elizabeth Manias   7 , PhD, MPharm ;   Lisa M McCarthy   8 , PharmD, MSc ;   Frank Moriarty   9 , PhD, MPharm ;   Jérôme Nguyen-Soenen   10, 11 , MD, MSc ;   Sion Scott   12 , PhD, MPharm ;   Michael A Steinman   13 , MD ;   Petra A Thürmann   14 , MD ;   Marnie Goodwin Wilson   15 , MD, MSc ;   Bianca J Gutman   16 ;   Arielle Mendel   1, 17 , MD, MSc ;   Emilie Trinh   1, 18 , MD, MSc ;   Todd C Lee   1, 19 , MD, MPH ;   Emily G McDonald   1, 5, 20, 21 , MD, MSc

1 Division of Clinical and Translational Research, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada

2 Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, Department of General Internal Medicine, University Hospital of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

3 Graduate School for Health Sciences, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

4 Division of General Internal Medicine & Health Services Research, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States

5 Canadian Medication Appropriateness and Deprescribing Network, Centre de Recherche, Institut Universitaire de Gériatrie de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada

6 School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia

7 Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia

8 Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

9 School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland

10 Department of General Practice, Faculty of Medicine, Nantes Université, Nantes, France

11 POPS, SFR ICAT, Université d’Angers, Angers, France

12 School of Health Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, United Kingdom

13 Division of Geriatrics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States

14 Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Faculty of Health, Witten/Herdecke University, Witten, Germany

15 Division of General Internal Medicine and Critical Care, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

16 Patient Partner, Montreal, QC, Canada

17 Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada

18 Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada

19 Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada

20 Clinical Practice Assessment Unit, Division of Internal Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada

21 Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada

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