Patients Whose Pain Was Measured Often or Very Often in the Last 3 Months of Life
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Palliative Care
Country
Belgium, Italy, Spain
Publishing Organisation
European Sentinel General Practitioner Networks Monitoring End-of-Life Care (EURO-SENTIMELC)
Type of Quality Indicator
Process
IOM Quality Dimension
Effectiveness
Domain
Physical Aspects of Care
Defining Attributes
Definition
Question: How often did you or another caregiver measure the patient's pain (with or without using a pain scale) in the last 3 months of life? - Positive score: If the GP knew pain to be measured 'often' or 'very often'
Numerator
Number of patients whose pain was measured often or very often in the last 3 months of life
Denominator
All patients for whom this question was answered
Exclusions
None
Use of Risk Adjustment
Yes
Risk Adjustments
Original QPAC had a number of adjustments. In EURO-SENTIMELC studies the adjustments have included: age, sex, cause of death, longest place of residence in last year of life and accounted for clustering by GPs.
Stratifications
None
Collection and Reporting Attributes
Type of Data Collection
Surveys
Data Collection Methods
Questionnaires
Frequency of Data Collection
Weekly
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
7
Reporting Methods
Reporting Frequency
Reporting Frequency in Days
Indicator Has Recommended Targets
No
Source and Reference Attributes
Evidence Source
Introduction to EURO-SENTIMELC: spcare.bmj.com/content/10/4/462.long (with more detail).
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
02 December 2025
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Date Modified 02 December 2025