Included: all patients are included in this indicator, except those who are either medically unwell, refused to be assessed or passed swallow screening.
Excluded: patients who are medically unwell, refused to be assessed or passed swallow screening (i.e. patients where Q 3.8.1 is answered ‘Patient refused’, ‘Patient medically unwell’ or ‘Patient passed swallow screening’) are excluded from this indicator
Numerator = the number of patients who were given a formal swallow assessment within 24 hours of clock start
Denominator = all the applicable patients in the cohort. Patients who are applicable but not given a formal swallow assessment are included in the denominator.
For newly arrived patients, the difference between the date and time of formal swallow assessment by a Speech and Language Therapist or another professional trained in dysphagia assessment (Q 3.8) and date and time of arrival (Q 1.13) must be greater than 0 minutes and less than or equal to 1440 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 formal swallow assessment by a Speech and Language Therapist or another professional trained in dysphagia assessment (Q 3.8) and the date and time of symptom onset (Q 1.11) must be greater than 0 minutes and less than or equal to 1440 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, refused to be assessed or passed swallow screening |
All patients in the patient-centred 72h cohort except those who are medically unwell, refused to be assessed or passed swallow screening |