Document Type

Article

Language

eng

Format of Original

20 p.

Publication Date

8-2008

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Source Publication

Clinical Nursing Research

Source ISSN

1054-7738

Original Item ID

doi: 10.1177/1054773808320406

Abstract

Ensuring that patients' informational needs have been met prior to hospital discharge sets the stage for successful self-management of recovery at home. This secondary analysis study aims to identify differences in the amount of discharge teaching content needed and received by adult medical-surgical patients on the basis of their sociodemographic characteristics and hospitalization-related factors. The Quality of Discharge Teaching Scale (QDTS) is used to measure patients' perceptions of the amount of discharge-related informational content they needed and received. Eighty-nine percent of patients receive more informational content than they perceived they needed. Nonwhite patients report more content needed than White patients. Patients with prior hospitalizations and cardiac patients report greater amounts of content received. The QDTS content subscales provide a mechanism for assessing patient perceptions of discharge informational needs and discharge content received that can be used for clinical practice and quality monitoring.

Comments

Accepted version. Clinical Nursing Research, Vol. 17, No. 3 (August 2008): 200-219. DOI. © 2008 SAGE Publications. Used with permission.

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