Lower is better. It means that a lower percentage of residents had symptoms of depression that worsened.
This indicator examines the percentage of residents whose mood from symptoms of depression worsened. It is calculated by dividing the number of residents whose mood from symptoms of depression worsened by the number of all residents (excluding comatose residents) with valid assessments whose depression symptoms could worsen within the applicable time period.
Unit of Analysis: Resident
Residents with valid assessments
The DRS ranges from 0 to 14, with higher values indicating the resident has more numerous and/or frequent symptoms from the following list of data elements used to calculate it:
- Resident Makes Negative Statements (RAI-MDS 2.0: E1a; interRAI LTCF: E1a)
- Persistent Anger With Self/Others (RAI-MDS 2.0: E1d; interRAI LTCF: E1b)
- Expression of Unrealistic Fears (RAI-MDS 2.0: E1f; interRAI LTCF: E1c)
- Repetitive Health Complaints (RAI-MDS 2.0: E1h; interRAI LTCF: E1d)
- Repetitive Anxious Complaints/Concerns (RAI-MDS 2.0: E1i; interRAI LTCF: E1e)
- Sad/Pained/Worried Facial Expressions (RAI-MDS 2.0: E1l; interRAI LTCF: E1f)
- Crying/Tearfulness (RAI-MDS 2.0: E1m; interRAI LTCF: E1g)
Residents with a higher DRS 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.