Rehabilitation Client Education

Identifying Attributes

Care Settings
Rehabilitation Care
Country
World Health Organization
Publishing Organisation
World Health Organization (WHO): Rehabilitation Indicator Menu
Type of Quality Indicator
Process
IOM Quality Dimension
Person-Centredness
Domain
Person-Centredness Care

Defining Attributes

Definition

Percentage of clients with health conditions (e.g., lower back pain) who underwent rehabilitation and received education. In this context education refers to an interaction between rehabilitation personnel and patients that involves educating them on their health condition and its management, which must be documented in patient records.

Numerator

Number of lower back pain patients who underwent rehabilitation and received education on their condition.

Denominator

Number of lower-back pain patients who underwent rehabilitation.

Exclusions

None

Use of Risk Adjustment
No
Risk Adjustments

None

Stratifications

By facility level and other health condition groups.

Collection and Reporting Attributes

Type of Data Collection
Electronic/paper chart records
Data Collection Methods

Method of measurement: Clients with health conditions (e.g. lower back pain) who underwent rehabilitation and received education/total clients who underwent rehabilitation x 100. Method of estimation/variation: Rather than use the total population of lower-back pain patients in the country, it is possible during a Health Facility Assessment to audit selected client records and generate an estimate measure of this indicator. Preferred data sources: Ministry of Health facility audits, including with established sampling method of medical record checks.

Frequency of Data Collection
Every 2 years
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
730
Reporting Methods

Not applicable

Reporting Frequency
Reporting Frequency in Days
Indicator Has Recommended Targets
No

Source and Reference Attributes

Evidence Source

World Health Organization (WHO). Rehabilitation indicator menu: a tool accompanying the Framework for Rehabilitation Monitoring and Evaluation (FRAME). 2019. Accessed December 2022. Available from: apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/330955. World Health Organization (WHO). Guidance on the analysis and use of routine health information systems: rehabilitation module. 2022. Accessed December 2022. Available from: www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789240050242.

Technical Specifications

Rehabilitation indicator menu 2019: apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/330955. Guidance on the analysis and use of routine health information systems:rehabilitation module 2022: www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789240050242

Link to Measurement Tools

Rehabilitation Indicator Menu tool for Rehabilitation Monitoring and Evaluation (FRAME) to enable countries to adopt core indicators & select and adopt relevant expanded indicators. (Not Applicable)

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
No
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