One Walking Test Minimal Clinical Importance Difference Achieved
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Country
Publishing Organisation
Type of Quality Indicator
IOM Quality Dimension
Domain
Defining Attributes
Definition
Percentage of patients discharged for pulmonary rehabilitation who are assessed for walking.
Numerator
Number of people completing pulmonary rehabilitation who achieve the minimum clinically important improvement in the chosen outcome measures.
Denominator
Number of people enrolled to pulmonary rehabilitation.
Exclusions
Use of Risk Adjustment
Risk Adjustments
Stratifications
Data Attributes
Type of Data Collection
Data Collection Methods
Written consent from patients. Data entry into online web tool.
Frequency of Data Collection
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
Reporting Methods
Reports.
Reporting Frequency
Reporting Frequency in Days
Indicator Has Recommended Targets
Source and Reference Attributes
Evidence Source
National Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Audit Programme (NACAP). Pulmonary rehabilitation 2019 audit: Clinical audit: Data analysis and methodology report. Accessed August 3, 2023. Available from: nrap.org.uk/nrap/welcome.nsf/vwFiles/PR-Reports-2020a/$File/NACAPPRClinicalAuditDataandMethodology2019Dec20.pdf?openelement.
Royal College of Physicians (RCP). National Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Audit Programme (NACAP). Accessed August 3, 2023. Available from: web.archive.org/web/20240219214747/https://www.nacap.org.uk/.
Royal College of Physicians (RCP). Support for service teams: pulmonary rehabilitation. Accessed August 3, 2023. Available from: www.rcp.ac.uk/projects/outputs/support-service-teams-pulmonary-rehabilitation.
Royal College of Physicians (RCP). Pulmonary Rehabilitation Reports. Accessed August 3, 2023. Available from: web.archive.org/web/20240219214747/https://web.archive.org/web/20240223190129/https://www.nacap.org.uk/nacap/welcome.nsf/reportsPR.html.
British Thoracic Society (BTS). Quality Standards for Pulmonary Rehabilitation in Adults. Accessed August 3, 2023 [22 p.]. Available from: www.brit-thoracic.org.uk/document-library/quality-standards/pulmonary-rehabilitation/bts-quality-standards-for-pulmonary-rehabilitation-in-adults/.
Technical Specifications
Currency: web.archive.org/web/20240219214747/https://www.nacap.org.uk/
Dataset and data entry deadlines: www.rcp.ac.uk/projects/outputs/support-service-teams-pulmonary-rehabilitation
Key indicators benchmarked: web.archive.org/web/20240219214747/https://web.archive.org/web/20240223190129/https://www.nacap.org.uk/nacap/welcome.nsf/reportsPR.html
Numerator/denominator: May 2014 BTS Quality Standards for Pulmonary Rehabilitation in Adults pdf page 22. www.brit-thoracic.org.uk/document-library/quality-standards/pulmonary-rehabilitation/bts-quality-standards-for-pulmonary-rehabilitation-in-adults/