Length of Hospital Stay, Quality of Discharge Teaching, and Readiness for Hospital Discharge Among First-Time Mothers, the Republic of Burundi
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First-time mother, Length of hospital stay, Quality of discharge teaching, Readiness for hospital discharge, The Republic of BurundiAbstract
Readiness for hospital discharge is a key moment for ensuring that postpartum women and newborns receive the support they need to care for themselves and their babies at home. This descriptive correlational research aimed to explore the length of hospital stay, quality of discharge teaching, and readiness for hospital discharge among first-time mothers in the Republic of Burundi. The relationship between these factors was also determined. The participants were 101 first-time postpartum women in three general hospitals in the Republic of Burundi. Research instruments were translated into Kirundi, and included the Demographic Data Form, the Length of Hospital Stay Questionnaire, the Quality of Discharge Teaching Scale-New Mother Form, and the Readiness for Hospital Discharge Scale-New Mother Form. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and Spearman's rank correlation.
The results of this study revealed that all of the first-time mothers (100%) were discharged from hospitals within 24 hours after childbirth with a median of 12 hours (IQR: 9.00-15.50 hours). Almost all of the first-time mothers (96.04%) perceived the quality of discharge teaching at a low level with a median score of 1.15 (IQR: 0.35-4.60). All first-time mothers (100%) perceived readiness for hospital discharge at a low level with a median score of 0.82 (IQR: 0.68-1.05). The quality of discharge teaching was moderately positively correlated with readiness for hospital discharge (r = .459, p < 0.001). The length of hospital stay was not correlated with readiness for hospital discharge.
These results provide baseline information regarding length of hospital stay, quality of discharge teaching, and readiness for hospital discharge during the discharge transition. Nurse-midwives should develop strategies to enhance the quality of discharge teaching to improve readiness for hospital discharge among first-time mothers.
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