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.

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 (short description i.e. not inclusions/exclusions)

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

Denominator (short description i.e. not inclusions/exclusions)

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

Data Source

Ontario Mental Health Reporting System (OMHRS)

Data provided to HQO by

Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI)

OTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION

Comments Summary

This is a QIP additional indicator for 2018/19. QIP Current performance reporting period: October 2016 - September 2017 This indicator was retired in the 2019/20 QIP.