Physical-restraints-mental-health - Health Quality Ontario (HQO)

INDICATOR NAME

Name

Physical restraints in mental health (Retired)

Alternate Name

Physical restraints in mental health

INDICATOR DESCRIPTION

Description

This indicator measures the number of hospital patients who were physically restrained at least once in the 3 days prior to a full admission assessment, divided by all patients with a full admission assessment in the reporting period.

Indicator Status

Retired

HQO Reporting tool/product

Quality Improvement Plans (QIPs)

Dimension

Safe

Type

Process

DEFINITION AND SOURCE INFORMATION

Unit of Measurement

Percentage

Calculation Methods

The percentage is calculated as: the numerator divided by the denominator, multiplied by 100.

Numerator including inclusion/exclusion

Number of patients who were physically restrained in the 3 days prior to a full admission assessment in the reporting period.

Inclusions:

The number of full admission assessments with physical restraint use (any of M1a ≥ 1 or M1b ≥ 1 or M1c ≥ 1) coded on the RAI-MH

M1a: The number of full admission assessments for the 12 month period (inclusive) with M1a "Mechanical Restraint" use coded within the last 3 days
M1b: The number of full admission assessments for the 12 months period with M1b "Chair Prevents Rising" use coded within the last 3 days
M1c: The number of full admission assessments for the twelve months period with M1c "Physical/Manual Restraint by Staff" coded within the last 3 days

Denominator including inclusion/exclusion

The number of patients with a full admission assessment in the reporting period (i.e. total number of full admission assessments).

Adjustment (risk, age/sex standardization)- detailed

Data Source

Ontario Mental Health Reporting System (OMHRS)

Data provided to HQO by

Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI)

OTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION

Comments Detailed

This is a QIP additional indicator for 2018/19. QIP Current performance reporting period: October 2016 - September 2017 How to access data: Refer to Health Quality Ontario’s QIP Navigator. Data will be available in February 2018. Alternatively, access your data from the CIHI OMHRS Quarterly Comparative reports. This indicator was retired in the 2019/20 QIP.