Included: all patients are included in this indicator, except those who are either medically unwell until time of screening or refused to be screened.
Excluded: patients who are medically unwell until time of screening or refused to be screened (i.e. patients where Q 2.10.1 is answered ‘Patient refused’ or ‘Patient medically unwell until time of screening’) are excluded from this indicator
Numerator = the number of patients who were given a swallow screen within 4 hours of clock start.
Denominator = all the applicable patients in the cohort. Patients who are applicable but not given a swallow screen are included in the denominator.
To calculate whether a patient is included in the numerator:
For newly arrived patients, the difference between the date and time of first swallow screen (Q 2.10) and date and time of arrival (Q 1.13) must be greater than 0 minutes and less than or equal to 240 minutes.
For patients already in hospital at the time of their stroke (Q 1.10 is ‘Yes’), the difference between the date and time of first swallow screen (Q 2.10) and the date and time of symptom onset (Q 1.11) must be greater than 0 minutes and less than or equal to 240 minutes.
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For team centred |
For patient centred |
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All patients in the team-centred 72h cohort except those who are medically unwell until time of screening or refused to be screened |
All patients in the patient-centred 72h cohort except those who are medically unwell until time of screening or refused to be screened |