Patients Who Participate in Cardiac Rehabilitation Receive a Comprehensive Reassessment of Their Cardiovascular Risk Factors

Identifying Attributes

Care Settings
Rehabilitation Care
Country
Australia
Publishing Organisation
Australian Cardiovascular and Health and Rehabilitation Association: National Cardiac Rehabilitation Quality Indicators
Type of Quality Indicator
Process
IOM Quality Dimension
Effectiveness
Domain
Person-Centred Care

Defining Attributes

Definition

Percentage of patients who commence cardiac rehabilitation (CR) who have had a comprehensive reassessment of cardiovascular risk factors.

Numerator

Number of patients enrolled in a CR program who completed and received a comprehensive reassessment.

Denominator

Number of patients enrolled in a CR program.

Exclusions

None

Use of Risk Adjustment
No
Risk Adjustments

None

Stratifications

None

Data Attributes

Type of Data Collection
Standardised clinical data
Data Collection Methods

To collect this information a number of data elements need to be collected at two time points – pre and post-CR. Individual data elements required to be collected • Ref 23 Re-assessment date • Ref 24 Re-assessment depression screening • Ref 26 Re-assessment smoking status • Ref 28 Re-assessment medication adherence • Ref 29 Re-assessment of exercise capacity • Ref 37 Number of supervised exercise sessions attended • Ref 38 CR completion • Ref 39 Reasons for noncompletion. This variable will be reported as a percentage. (Numerator/Denominator) * 100.

Frequency of Data Collection
Continuous
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
1
Reporting Methods

Via National Cardiac Rehabilitation Quality Indicator spreadsheet June 2021 but The National Cardiac Rehabilitation Measurement Taskforce is NOT collecting or collating this information. Services are required to collect and securely save their own data.

Reporting Frequency
Internal system, at each initial assessment.
Reporting Frequency in Days
Indicator Has Recommended Targets
Yes

Source and Reference Attributes

Evidence Source

Australian Cardiovascular Health and Rehabilitation Association (ACRA), National Heart Foundation of Australia. National Cardiac Rehabilitation Quality Indicators: Data Dictionary. Accessed August 3, 2023:[33 p.]. Available from: www.acra.net.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/National-Cardiac-Rehabilitation-Quality-Indicators-Data-Dictionary_June-2021.pdf.

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
12 March 2025