Respect for Personal Wishes
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Palliative Care
Country
Belgium
Publishing Organisation
Quality Indicators for Palliative Care (Q-PAC)
Type of Quality Indicator
Outcome
IOM Quality Dimension
Person-Centredness
Domain
Ethical and Legal Aspects of Care
Defining Attributes
Definition
Do your professional carers give you the freedom to plan your day? Do your professional carers take your personal wishes into account?
Numerator
Number of patients who indicated that the caregivers most of the times or always respected their personal wishes and that they could most of the time or always plan their day and decide about the care provided
Denominator
Total number of patients for whom this indicator was measured
Exclusions
None
Use of Risk Adjustment
Yes
Risk Adjustments
Age, sex, main illness, shortness of breath, co-morbidities, length of stay, type of service patients was referred to were examined as potential. Statistically significant ones were included for each QI in this set. Therefore specific measures vary.
Stratifications
None
Collection and Reporting Attributes
Type of Data Collection
Surveys
Data Collection Methods
Questionnaires
Frequency of Data Collection
6 monthly
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
182
Reporting Methods
Reporting Frequency
Reporting Frequency in Days
Indicator Has Recommended Targets
No
Source and Reference Attributes
Technical Specifications
Link to Measurement Tools
Quality Indicator Confirmed to be Part of a Program Used to Monitor Quality and Safety of Care Among Older People at a Population-Level between 2012-2022
Yes
Assessed by the Australian Consortium for Aged Care Collaborators as Generally Containing Good Properties (Importance and Scientific Acceptability)
No
Australian Consortium for Aged Care Endorsed
No
Identified by PHARMA-Care Project
No
Upload Date
04 November 2025
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Date Modified 04 November 2025