Pain Assessment
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Palliative Care
Country
Belgium
Publishing Organisation
Quality Indicators for Palliative Care (Q-PAC)
Type of Quality Indicator
Process
IOM Quality Dimension
Effectiveness
Domain
Physical Aspects of Care
Defining Attributes
Definition
Have you or any other professional carer measured the patient's pain since the admission or start of palliative care?
Numerator
Number of patients who were subjected to a pain assessment, with or without pain scale
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
Data 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)
Yes
Australian Consortium for Aged Care Endorsed
No
Identified by PHARMA-Care Project
No
Upload Date
23 July 2025
Actions
Date Modified 23 July 2025