Perceived Quality of Discharge Teaching and Readiness for Hospital Discharge Among Chinese Patients After Knee Replacement Surgery in Zhoukou, China
Keywords:
Readiness for hospital discharge, Quality of discharge teaching, Knee replacement surgeryAbstract
Effective discharge teaching and readiness for hospital discharge are critical for the postoperative recovery of patients at home after knee replacement surgery. This descriptive correlation study aimed to examine the perceived quality of discharge teaching and the perceived readiness for hospital discharge among patients receiving total knee replacement, and their relationship. The participants were 84 total knee replacement patients from an orthopedic hospital in Zhoukou City, the People’s Republic of China. The research instruments included the Readiness for Hospital Discharge Scale Chinese Version (RHDS-Ch) and the Quality of Discharge Teaching Scale Chinese Version (QDTS-Ch). The RHDS-Ch and QDTS-CH were tested for their reliability and yielded Cronbach’s alphas of .92 and .80, respectively. Descriptive statistics and Spearman’s rank-order correlation were used for data analysis.
The results revealed that the quality of discharge teaching as perceived by participants was at a high level (M = 8.73, SD = 0.25). Readiness for hospital discharge as perceived by participants was at a high level (M = 8.33, SD = 0.50). There was a statistically significant positive correlation between quality of discharge teaching and readiness for hospital discharge (r = 0.41, p < 0.01).
The study findings highlight the importance of quality discharge teaching in facilitating readiness for hospital discharge among patients after knee replacement surgery.
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