Indicator Metadata

Percentage of Residents With Pain

This indicator examines the percentage of residents who had pain. It is calculated by dividing the number of residents who had moderate daily pain or horrible/excruciating pain at any frequency by the number of all residents with valid assessments within the applicable time period.

Unit of Analysis: Resident

Place of service

Percentage or proportion

The following covariates are used in risk adjustment:
Individual Covariates:

–Cognitive Performance Scale (CPS)

–Long-term memory problem

–Age younger than 65

Facility-Level Stratification:

–Depression Rating Scale (DRS)

Stratification, direct standardization, indirect standardization
Standard Population:
3,000 facilities in 6 U.S. states and 92 residential care facilities and continuing care hospitals in Ontario and Nova Scotia

Description:
Residents with valid assessments
Inclusions:
1. Residents with valid assessments. To be considered valid, the target assessment must

a. Be the latest assessment in the quarter

b. Be carried out more than 92 days after the Admission Date

c. Not be an Admission Full Assessment
Exclusions:
1. Residents who have no pain symptoms frequency (J2a = 0) AND have pain symptoms intensity (J2b = 1, 2, 3) on their target assessment

Description:
Residents with moderate pain at least daily or horrible/excruciating pain at any frequency documented on their target assessment
Inclusions:
Variables include

–Pain symptoms frequency (J2a)

–Pain symptoms intensity (J2b)

Inclusions

1. Residents with valid assessments. To be considered valid, the target assessment must

a. Be the latest assessment in the quarter

b. Be carried out more than 92 days after the Admission Date

c. Not be an Admission Full Assessment
Exclusions:
1. Residents who have no pain symptoms frequency (J2a = 0) AND have pain symptoms intensity (J2b = 1, 2, 3) on their target assessment

CCRS quality indicators were developed by interRAI (www.interrai.org), an international research network, to provide organizations with measures of quality across key domains, including physical and cognitive function, safety and quality of life. Each indicator is adjusted for resident characteristics that are related to the outcome and independent of quality of care. The indicators can be used by quality leaders to drive continuous improvement efforts. They are also used to communicate with key stakeholders through report cards and accountability agreements.

Lower is better. It means that a lower percentage of residents had moderate daily pain or horrible/excruciating pain at any frequency.

Health System Outcomes: Improve health status of Canadians

Living With Illness, Disability or Reduced Function

None

Canadian Institute for Health Information. CCRS Quality Indicators Risk Adjustment Methodology. 2013.

Canadian Institute for Health Information. When a Nursing Home Is Home: How Do Canadian Nursing Homes Measure Up on Quality? 2013.

Health Quality Ontario. Long-Term Care Benchmarking Resource Guide. 2013.

Health Quality Ontario. Results From Health Quality Ontario's Benchmark Setting for Long-Term Care Indicators. 2017.

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Hirdes JP, Mitchell L, Maxwell CJ, White N. Beyond the "iron lungs of gerontology": Using evidence to shape the future of nursing homes in Canada. Canadian Journal on Aging. 2011.

Hirdes JP, Poss JW, Caldarelli H, et al. An evaluation of data quality in Canada's Continuing Care Reporting System (CCRS): Secondary analyses of Ontario data submitted between 1996 and 2011. BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making. 2013.

Jones RN, Hirdes JP, Poss JW, et al. Adjustment of nursing home quality indicators. BMC Health Services Research. 2010.

CCRS

Type of Year:
Fiscal
First Available Year:
2010
Last Available Year:
2018

Newfoundland and Labrador, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, British Columbia, Yukon

Province/Territory, Region, Facility, Corporation, Sector (residential and hospital-based continuing care)

Every year

Web Tool:
Your Health System: In Depth
URL:
Accessing Indicator Results on Your Health System: In Depth

Not applicable

Users should be cautious when interpreting results from the Continuing Care Reporting System (CCRS) because the CCRS frame does not currently contain all facilities in all provinces and territories that make up the CCRS population of interest; thus the population covered by CCRS may not be representative of all continuing care facilities across Canada.

Coverage is incomplete in the following jurisdictions:

– Saskatchewan
– Manitoba (includes all facilities in Winnipeg Regional Health Authority only)
– New Brunswick
– Nova Scotia

Indicators are risk-adjusted to control for potential confounding factors.

Since 2003, the number of facilities and jurisdictions submitting to CCRS has been increasing. With the addition of new jurisdictions, it is possible that differences in care practices may affect indicator rates; however, changes to the underlying population would be controlled for using risk adjustment. There is also evidence to suggest that trending and use of data from the entire time series is not an issue and that data quality is consistent over time (Hirdes et al., 2013).

The CCRS 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.

Data for this indicator is also available in the Quick Stats tool, which includes results for both the residential and hospital-based continuing care sectors: https://www.cihi.ca/en/quick-stats.