Electronic audit and feedback intervention with action implementation toolbox to improve pain management in intensive care: protocol for a laboratory experiment and cluster randomised trial

Table 1 Quality indicators used in this study; all fed back as proportions (nominator divided by denominator) with 100% being the maximum score

Quality indicator	Type	Unit of observation	Nominator	Denominator
Performing pain measurements each shift	Process	Patient shift	Patient shifts during which pain was measured at least once	All patient shifts
Acceptable pain scores	Outcome	Patient shift	Patient shifts during which pain was measured and no unacceptable pain scores were observed	Patient shifts during which pain was measured
Repeating pain measurements with unacceptable score within 1 h	Process	Patient shift	Patient shifts during which an unacceptable pain score was measured, and pain was re-measured within 1 h	Patient shifts during which an unacceptable pain score was measured
Unacceptable pain scores normalised within 1 h	Outcome	Patient shift	Patient shifts during which an unacceptable pain score was measured, and pain was re-measured within 1 h indicating that the pain score was normalised	Patient shifts during which an unacceptable pain score was measured

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