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This indicator is currently being clarified with the Department of Health as the definitions not completely clear. As soon as we receive confirmation on the details this recipe will be updated

This question should be asked annually until age 30 then the current status is assumed.

Recipe Name:

QIM 2 – Smoking Status

Rationale:

In Australia, smoking continues to be the behavioural risk factor responsible for the highest levels of preventable disease and premature death. Recording systems that document tobacco use almost double the rate at which clinicians intervene with smokers leading to higher rates of smoking cessation.

Target:

Proportion of regular clients who are aged 15 years and over and whose smoking status has been recorded within the previous 12 months as one of the following:

•current smoker;

•ex-smoker or;

•never smoked

Where a regular client’s tobacco smoking status does not have an assessment date assigned within the Clinical Information System (CIS), tobacco smoking status the CIS should be treated as current (i.e. as having been updated within the previous 12 months).

Warning

CAT Starting Point:

  1. CAT Open - CAT4 view (all reports) loaded
  2. Population Extract Loaded and Extract Pane “Hidden”
    1. Filter Pane open and under the ‘General’ tab ‘Active Patients’ (3x <2 years) selected


CAT4 starting point

 

Part One - patients aged 15-29 with yearly smoking assessments

RECIPE Steps Filters:

  • In the “General” Tab, enter Start Age = 15, End Age 29

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Then select the 12 month date range result filter, to only show results that were entered in the last 12 months:

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Part Two - patients aged 30+ with yearly smoking assessments

RECIPE Steps Filters:

In the “General” Tab, enter Start Age = 30

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  • Click "Recalculate"
  • Click ‘Hide Filters’

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  • Select the "Smoking/Status" tab

This will show you the selected population (15 - 29 yr old with a yearly smoking assessment or 30+ year old with a smoking assessmend done).

This report, when switched to 'Show Percentage', will show you the smoking status of your selected patient group and will allow you to measure improvement over time by comparing your reports.

Warning

As the date of a smoking assessment only changes when the assessment is modified or additional information is entered, the results for the 15 - 29 year old patients will most likely show a large number of patients without smoking assessments. Please remember that anyone in that age group with a smoking assessment done more than 12 months ago will be counted as 'nothing recorded'. Double-clicking on the 'nothing recorded' part of the graph will show a list of all those patients with the date of the last assessment listed in the 'Smoking column'.


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To Export Patient List to Microsoft Excel:

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