Quality Indicator Repository
Quality indicators are standardised, evidence-based measures used to monitor and evaluate the quality and safety of care. The ACAC developed a Quality Indicator Repository. For information on its development see this document.
Please navigate the Quality Indicator Repository to learn about the quality indicators we identified across care settings and their defining, data, and source attributes. You can also use the Quality Indicator Repository to download quality indicators of interest to you.
Percent of residents who have declined in their mood from symptoms of depression.
Proportion of clients suffering from depression.
Percentage of residents with depression.
Percentage of long-term care home residents whose mood from symptoms of depression worsened.
Percentage of clients whose mood declined (assessed using Depression Rating Scale (DRS)). Incidence indicator.
Proportion of home care clients with more depressive symptoms on the Depression Rating Scale at follow-up. Includes clients with new depressive symptoms. Incidence indicator.
Proportion of home care clients with fewer depressive symptoms on the Depression Rating Scale at follow-up. Incidence indicator.
Percentage of long-stay residents who have symptoms of depression during the 2-week period preceding the assessment date.
Item 7.2 The percentage of clients that have shown signs of depression over the past three days
Prevalence of symptoms of depression.
Prevalence of symptoms of depression.
Prevalence of symptoms of depression without antidepressant.
Prevalence of symptoms of depression without antidepressant therapy.
Percentage of residents whose mood from symptoms of depression have worsened since the prior assessment.
Percentage of residents whose mood from symptoms of depression have worsened since the prior assessment.