Table 3 Best Practice Guideline Topics: Eligibility Criteria, Sources of Data, Response Rates
Topic Eligibility criteria | Sources of Data | ||
|---|---|---|---|
|  | Chart Audit N | Patient Interview In Hospital – N, (% of chart audits) | Patient Telephone Interview at home N, % of 1st Interview |
Asthma Adults with a previous diagnosis of asthma or are carrying a puffer. | Pre 80 Post 48 Decrease likely due to seasonal variations | Pre 31 38.8% Post 14, 29.2% Most seen in Emergency, few admitted to hospital | Pre 21, 67.7% Post 10, 71.4% 4 weeks after discharge |
Breastfeeding Singleton infant, term pregnancy, no major abnormalities, not up for adoption, discharged home with mother | Pre 103 Post 89 | Pre 75, 72.8% Post 80, 89.9% | Pre 51, 68.0% Post 61, 76.3% 8–9 weeks after birth |
Delirium, Dementia Depression Include if ≥ 65 years | Pre 196 Post 187 | N/A | N/A |
Diabetes Foot Care Adults with Type 1 or Type 2 Diabetes excluding women with gestational diabetes | Pre 98 Post 123 | Pre 66, 67.3% Post 58, 47.2% | Pre 38, 57.6% Post 26, 44.8% 4 to 6 weeks after discharge |
Smoking Cessation 18 years or older, daily or occasional smoker in mental health facility Excluded if major depression or psychiatric illness | Pre 116 Post 93 | Pre 89, 76.7% Post 84, 90.3% | Pre 42, 47.2% Post 27, 32.1% 4 weeks after admission |
Venous Leg ulcers New or recurrent, Exclude if arterial ulcer, vasculitis, under diabetic management | Pre 109 Post 52 | N/A | N/A |