Proportion of Adults Having Stroke Rehabilitation in Hospital Who Receive at Least 45 Minutes of Each Relevant Therapy for a Minimum of 5 Days a Week

Identifying Attributes

Care Settings
Rehabilitation Care
Country
United Kingdom, Channel Islands and Isle of Man
Publishing Organisation
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE): Sentinel Stroke National Audit Programme
Type of Quality Indicator
Process
IOM Quality Dimension
Effectiveness
Domain
Access

Defining Attributes

Definition

Percentage of adults having stroke rehabilitation in hospital who received at least 45 minutes of each relevant therapy for a minimum of 5 days a week.

Numerator

Number in the denominator who receive at least 45 minutes of each relevant therapy for a minimum of 5 days a week.

Denominator

Number of adults having stroke rehabilitation in hospital.

Exclusions
Use of Risk Adjustment
No
Risk Adjustments
Stratifications

Reported for Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy and Speech & Language separately on online summary reports.

Data Attributes

Type of Data Collection
Standardised clinical data
Data Collection Methods

Data source: Local data collection. Data can be collected using the Royal College of Physicians' Sentinel Stroke National Audit Programme (SSNAP) questions 4.5 and 4.6.

Frequency of Data Collection
Quarterly
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
91
Reporting Methods

Audit.

Reporting Frequency
Quarterly
Reporting Frequency in Days
91
Indicator Has Recommended Targets
Yes

Source and Reference Attributes

Evidence Source

National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE). Quality standard: Quality statement 2: Intensity of stroke rehabilitation. Accessed August 3, 2023. Available from: www.nice.org.uk/guidance/qs2/chapter/Quality-statement-2-Intensity-of-stroke-rehabilitation.

Link to Measurement Tools

Sentinel Stroke National Audit Programme (SSNAP)

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
12 March 2025