Lower is better. It means that a lower percentage of residents had worsened pain.
This indicator examines the percentage of residents who had worsened pain. It is calculated by dividing the number of residents who had worsened pain by the number of all residents with valid assessments whose symptoms could worsen within the applicable time period.
Unit of Analysis: Resident
Residents with valid assessments whose pain symptoms could increase.
The Pain Scale ranges from 0 to 3 (RAI-MDS 2.0) or 0 to 4 (interRAI LTCF), with higher values indicating that the resident has a more severe pain experience.
Data elements used to calculate the Pain Scale:
- Frequency of Pain (RAI-MDS 2.0: J2a; interRAI LTCF: J5a)
- Intensity of Pain (RAI-MDS 2.0: J2b; interRAI LTCF: J5b)
Residents with greater pain (higher Pain Scale score) on their target assessment than on their prior assessment
Comments
The long-term care quality indicators use 4 rolling quarters of data for calculations in order to have a sufficient number of assessments for risk adjustment. Since residents are assessed on a quarterly basis, each resident can contribute to the indicator up to 4 times.
General criteria for public reporting of long-term care indictors in Your Health System are as follows:
Data for this indicator is also available in the Quick Stats product Profile of Residents in Residential and Hospital-Based Continuing Care, which includes province-/territory-level results for both the residential and hospital-based continuing care sectors. Please consult the Quick Stats product for more information.