Indicator 5b: Proportion of patients with delirium assessed for risk of falls and pressure injuries Definitional attributes Assessment should be systematic, based on a local assessment tool, Name: Proportion of patients with delirium and documented in the patient’s assessed for risk of falls and medical record. pressure injuries. Exclusions Rationale: Patients with delirium are at greater Nil risk of adverse events, including falls1,2,3 and pressure injuries.2,3 Denominator: Collection and usage attributes Number of patients with delirium. Computation: (Numerator ÷ denominator) x 100 Denominator Numerator: Number of patients with delirium criteria: Nil assessed for risk of falls and pressure injuries. Hospital Setting: Numerator Comments: This indicator has been sourced criteria: Inclusions from the Key principles for care of confused hospitalised Patients with delirium assessed for older persons.4 risk of falls and pressure injuries. References Travers C, Byrne G, Pachana N, Klein K, Gray L. Delirium in Australian hospitals: a prospective study. Current Gerontology and Geriatrics Research. 2013;ArticleID:284780. Inouye SK, Westendorp RG, Saczynski JS. Delirium in elderly people. The Lancet. 2014;383(9920):911–22. Maher S, Almeida O. Delirium in the elderly: another medical emergency. Current Therapeutics. 2002;43(3):39–45. Agency for Clinical Innovation. Key principles for care of confused hospitalised older persons. Sydney: Agency for Clinical Innovation; 2014. Indicator 5c: Proportion of patients with delirium who have had a fall or a pressure injury during their hospital stay
Indicator 5b: Proportion of patients with delirium assessed for risk of falls and pressure injuries Definitional attributes Name: Proportion of patients with delirium assessed for risk of falls and pressure injuries. Rationale: Patients with delirium are at greater risk of adverse events, including falls1,2,3 and pressure injuries.2,3 Collection and usage attributes Computation: (Numerator ÷ denominator) x 100 Numerator: Number of patients with delirium assessed for risk of falls and pressure injuries. Numerator criteria: Inclusions Patients with delirium assessed for risk of falls and pressure injuries. Assessment should be systematic, based on a local assessment tool, and documented in the patient’s medical record. Exclusions Nil Denominator: Number of patients with delirium. Denominator criteria: Nil Setting: Hospital Comments: This indicator has been sourced from the Key principles for care of confused hospitalised older persons.4 References Travers C, Byrne G, Pachana N, Klein K, Gray L. Delirium in Australian hospitals: a prospective study. Current Gerontology and Geriatrics Research. 2013;ArticleID:284780. Inouye SK, Westendorp RG, Saczynski JS. Delirium in elderly people. The Lancet. 2014;383(9920):911–22. Maher S, Almeida O. Delirium in the elderly: another medical emergency. Current Therapeutics. 2002;43(3):39–45. Agency for Clinical Innovation. Key principles for care of confused hospitalised older persons. Sydney: Agency for Clinical Innovation; 2014. Indicator 5c: Proportion of patients with delirium who have had a fall or a pressure injury during their hospital stay
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