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Table 3 Excluded quality indicators (GP assessment)

From: Validation of patient- and GP-reported core sets of quality indicators for older adults with multimorbidity in primary care: results of the cross-sectional observational MULTIqual validation study

Step

Item-total correlation

Quality indicator

Performance

Missing values

1

 < 0.001

Assessment of biopsychosocial support needs according to ICFa (n = 325)

0%

6.1%

2

0.036

Identification of patients with multimorbidity (n = 345)

18.0%

0.3%

3

0.097

Documentation of adverse drug reactions (n = 35)

38.2%

2.9%

4

0.157

Addressing financial support needs (n = 325)

19.1%

7.5%

5

0.168

Information about medication (n = 333)b

98.8%

1.5%

6

0.188

Regular updates of medication plan (n = 301)c

52.2%

2.6%

7

0.179

Assessment of symptom burden (n = 333)

14.7%

3.8%

8

0.204

Screening for depression (n = 266)d

13.2%

8.0%

9

0.254

Written treatment plan (n = 330)

9.1%

4.6%

10

0.248

Facilitating patient education and self-management (n = 285)

23.9%

17.6%

11

0.250

Comprehensive care documentation (n = 344)

81.4%

0.6%

12

0.267

Assigning responsibility for coordination of care (n = 333)

28.8%

3.8%

  1. aICF = International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health [37]
  2. bExcluding patients without any medication (n = 8)
  3. cExcluding patients with less than 3 different regular medications (n = 36)
  4. dExcluding patients with prior diagnosis of depression (n = 57)