Assessing equity and quality indicators for older people – Adaptation and validation of the Assessing Care of Vulnerable Elders (ACOVE) checklist for the Portuguese care context

Table 4 Data from 30 patient clinical records

Clinical condition (from ACOVE-3)	EQI Checklist			Past clinical records
	# of EQI	# of QI (# of situations to check)	# of EI	% of non-registered situations (record \(\times\) indicator)
	# of EQI	# of QI (# of situations to check)	# of EI	QI	EI
Continuity and Coordination of Care	12	8 (12) ^(a)	4	75.0%	100.0%
Dementia	19	16 (20)	3	90.0%	100.0%
Depression	29	18 (30)	11	93.6%	99.7% ^(b)
Falls and Mobility Problems	14	12 (12)	2	81.1%	85.0%
Hearing Loss	9	7 (7)	2	71.0%	100.0%
Medication Use	27	24 (24)	3	73.8%	95.6%
Pressure Ulcers	12	10 (14)	2	80.2%	93.3%
Screening and Prevention	14	14 (14)	0	39.0%	-
Sleep Disorders	12	10 (10)	2	69.7%	100.0%
Malnutrition	7	6 (17)	1	88.6%	93.3%
Urinary Incontinence	9	9 (9)	0	77.8%	-
Vision	6	5 (5)	1	80.0%	100.0%
Total	170	139 (205)	31	76.6%	96.7%

(a) 8 (12) in # of QI checked means 8 indicators and 12 situations to be checked (E.g., Quality Indicator #2—Medication Follow-up in the Outpatient Setting of Continuity and Coordination of Care requires the verification of 3 situations.); (b) Of the 30 clinical records analysed, only had information about only 1 indicator: % of non-registered situations = 99.7% = \(1-\left(\frac{1\;record\times1\;indicator}{30\;records\times11\;indicators}\right)\times100\)

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