People Undertake a Practice Exercise Test (For Incremental Shuttle Walk Test or Six-Minute Walk Test)
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Country
Publishing Organisation
Type of Quality Indicator
IOM Quality Dimension
Domain
Defining Attributes
Definition
Percentage of people referred for pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) who are assessed for exercise capacity.
Numerator
Number of people completing assessments of health status, dyspnoea and exercise capacity after completion of pulmonary rehabilitation.
Denominator
Number of people completing 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: Report for COPD patients and their families and carers. Accessed August 3, 2023. Available from: nrap.org.uk/nrap/welcome.nsf/0/B5C50C7ECA8BE9F9802587B1003AF5AB/$file/PRCombinedAudit2019Patient_Report.pdf.
British Thoracic Society (BTS). Quality Standards for Pulmonary Rehabilitation in Adults. Accessed August 3, 2023 [20 p.]. Available from: www.brit-thoracic.org.uk/document-library/quality-standards/pulmonary-rehabilitation/bts-quality-standards-for-pulmonary-rehabilitation-in-adults/.
Technical Specifications
Target: COPD clinical Audit report: nrap.org.uk/nrap/welcome.nsf/0/B5C50C7ECA8BE9F9802587B1003AF5AB/$file/PRCombinedAudit2019Patient_Report.pdf Numerator/Denominator: May 2014 BTS Quality Standards for Pulmonary Rehabilitation in Adults pdf page 20. www.brit-thoracic.org.uk/document-library/quality-standards/pulmonary-rehabilitation/bts-quality-standards-for-pulmonary-rehabilitation-in-adults/