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. 2022 Apr 22:2022:4082196.
doi: 10.1155/2022/4082196. eCollection 2022.

Factors of Parents-Reported Readiness for Hospital Discharge in Children with Acute Leukemia: A Cross-Sectional Study

Wei Cai  1 , Xiaofen Zheng  2 , Runping Wang  3 , Huifen Zhu  1 , Xinxin Xu  1 , Xiaowen Shen  4 , Chunmei Zhang  5   6
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Factors of Parents-Reported Readiness for Hospital Discharge in Children with Acute Leukemia: A Cross-Sectional Study

Wei Cai et al. J Healthc Eng. .

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Abstract

Aim: The aim of this study is to investigate the existing status and to explore the influencing factors of parents-reported readiness for hospital discharge in children with acute leukemia (AL) in China and to propose optimizing pathways and recommendations of discharge readiness for clinical reference.

Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted for the 122 children with AL who were discharged from the Second Affiliated Hospital and Yuying Children's Hospital, Wenzhou Medical University; their parents were investigated by using the modified Chinese version of Readiness for Hospital Discharge Scale (RHDS) and Quality of Discharge Teaching Scale (QDTS). Data were collected between September 2020 and May 2021.Univariate analysis and multivariate logistic regression analysis were performed to explore the influencing factors of readiness for hospital discharge.

Results: The 122 children with AL included 52 females and 70 males with mean age 6.08 years. The total RHDS score was 7.7 ± 1.2, and 68.9% of the participants had high readiness for hospital discharge (RHDS score >7). The total QDTS score was 7.6 ± 2.0. Parent marital status (OR = 4.86, 95% CI: 1.31-18.05), education status (OR = 3.86, 95% CI: 1.18-12.55), family per capita monthly income (OR = 1.08, 95% CI: 1.01-2.99), and high QDTS (OR = 1.56, 95% CI: 1.11-2.68) were risk factors for high RHDS.

Conclusions: Our data suggest parents of children with AL had high readiness for hospital discharge and had the ability to take care of their children after discharge. Parental marital status, education status, QDTS score, and family per capita monthly income were independently associated with high RHDS.

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