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Table 1 Introduction and score calculation method of AQI indicators

From: Analgesia quality index improves the quality of postoperative pain management: a retrospective observational study of 14,747 patients between 2014 and 2021

Indicators

Illustration

System configuration

Full score

Scoring formula

Basic information

Patients'name,sex,age,height,weight,operation name, ASA classification, the formula and parameters of the analgesia pump, etc

Number of basic information completed = maximum number of configurations -(number of unfilled basic information/number of patients)

Maximum:9.00

Minimum:0.00

10.00

10–10 × ((9- Number of basic information completed)/9)

Average pressing times

Average pressing times = total pressing times/number of patients

Maximum:0.50

Minimum:0.00

5.00

5–5 × ((0.5- Average pressing times)/0.5)

Evaluation rate

Evaluation rate = total number of evaluations/number of patients

Maximum:1.00

Minimum:0.00

15.00

15–15 × ((1- Evaluation rate)/1)

Poor analgesia rate

Patients effectively press the automatic control button more than 4 times within 1 h

Poor analgesia rate = total number of poor analgesia alarms/number of patients

Maximum:0.05

Minimum:0.00

10.00

10 × ((0.05- Poor analgesia rate)/0.05)

Insufficient analgesia rate

Invalid pressing times ≥ 3 in one lock time. Insufficient analgesia rate = total number of analgesia insufficiency alarms/number of patients

Maximum:0.13

Minimum:0.00

10.00

10 × ((0.13- Insufficient analgesia rate)/0.13)

insufficient analgesia treatment time

From the alarm of insufficient analgesia immediately to the treatment is completed and recorded in the system

Insufficient analgesia treatment time = total treatment time/number of insufficient analgesia alarms

Maximum:120.00 min

Minimum:30.00 min

10.00

10 × ((120- Insufficient analgesia treatment time)/90)

The rate of not power off after pump withdrawal

After pump withdrawal operation in the system, infusion is still recorded and PCA pump is still running

The rate of not power off after pump withdrawal = Number of patients with infusion records after pump withdrawal/total number of patients

Maximum:0.50

Minimum:0.00

5.00

5 × ((0.5- The rate of not power off after pump withdrawal)/0.5)

The rate of leaving service area

The patient side (PCA pump) leaves the local area network or the system failure that causes an alarm of leaving the service area, so that the patient's use of PCA pump cannot be observed in real time

The rate of leaving service area = number of alarms of leaving service area/number of patients

Maximum:0.50

Minimum:0.10

5.00

5 × ((0.5- The rate of leaving service area)/0.4)

Bubble incidence

Bubble incidence = total number of bubble alarms/number of patients

Maximum:0.50

Minimum:0.10

10.00

10 × ((0.5- Bubble incidence)/0.4)

Blockage rate

Blockage rate = total number of blockage alarms/number of patients

Maximum:0.50

Minimum:0.10

10.00

10 × ((0.5- Blockage rate)/0.4)

Drug utilization rate

Drug utilization rate per patient = input quantity/total solution

Average drug utilization rate = total drug utilization rate/number of patients

Maximum:0.67

Minimum:0.50

10.00

10–10 × ((0.67- Average drug utilization rate)/0.17)