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Top 30 Quality Measures

Physical Health Checks Overall Rank: 17 Best in Domain
Physical health checks should pay particular attention to hormonal disorders (e.g., diabetes and hyperprolactinemia), heart disease risk factors (e.g., blood pressure and lipids), side effects of medication, and lifestyle factors (e.g., smoking). These must be recorded in the notes.
Domain : Patients with Comorbid Conditions
A condition in which a person has both a major mental illness and another health problem (e.g., development disability, substance abuse, personality disorder, or other general medical conditions such as heart disease or cancer).
Additional Domain(s) : Competence, Patients with Mood Disorders
Rationale
Primary care professionals have an important part to play in the physical and
mental health care of people with schizophrenia. They are best placed to monitor the physical health of people with schizophrenia and should do so regularly. Case registers will be an important means of doing so. In addition, primary care workers should monitor the mental health and treatment of their service users, work closely with secondary services and refer before crises arise wherever possible.
Primary Reference
The National Institute for Clinical Excellence. (2002). Schizophrenia: Core interventions in the treatment and management of chizophrenia in primary and secondary care. Retrieved July 13, 2006, from http://www.nice.org.uk/page.aspx? o=CG001NICEguideline
Level of Evidence
IV: Evidence based on individual expert opinion.

Summarized CommentsAdd Comment
  • This is basic primary care - for all.
Variation in Results
Ratings-based Rank
Relevance 30
Actionability 4
Overall Importance 24
 
Stakeholder Rank
Academics 30
Clinicians 17
Consumers 3
Decision Makers 28
 
Special Group Rank
First Nations 22
Rural Areas 28
Federal Stakeholders 7
Regional Rank
BC AB SK MB ON QC NB NS PE NL YT NT NU
28 20 32 30 12 23 74 42 14 75 101 109 5
 
Overall Rank

      

17


SA08d (B914)

 
Distribution of Survey Respondent Ratings
Relevance
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0 1.08 0.36 0.9 2.37 2.58 14.28 39.79 38.64
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Actionability
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0 0.36 1.33 0.54 2.53 3.75 16.88 42.69 31.91
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
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Overall Importance
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2.94 13.96 83.1
3 2 1

3 = can live without
2 = nice to have
1 = indispensable

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