Table 1.
Airway clearance service data capture
| Service Metrics | Point of service delivery when data is collected | Target participants | Data source | Data collection method | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Referral | Booking | Initial | Discharge | All | COPD | BE | Referral | EMR | Post | Routine | Voluntary | |
| Number of referrals | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||||
| Date of referral | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||||
| Referral source | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||||
| Date of birth (age) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||||
| Gender | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||
| Diagnosis | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||||
| Postcode | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||
| Initial appointment date | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||
| Time to first appointment | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||||
| On-referrals madeb | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||||
| Occasions of service | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||||
| Mode of delivery | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||||
| Length of time in service | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||||
| Discharge letter sent | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||||
| Self-reported symptoms | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||||
| LCQ [23] | ✓ | ✓a | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||
| DASS 21 [22] | ✓ | ✓a | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||
| CAT [21] | ✓ | ✓a | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||
| QOL-B [24] | ✓ | ✓a | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||
| Satisfaction survey | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||||
EMR Electronic Medical Record, LCQ Leicester Cough Questionnaire, CAT COPD Assessment Tool, DASS 21 Depression Anxiety and Stress Scale, QOL-B Quality of Life – Bronchiectasis, COPD Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, BE Bronchiectasis
aPost questionnaires sent if pre questionnaires completed
bRecorded any referrals made to other health professionals during the client’s engagement with the ACS