Patients' Perceptions of Hospital Discharge Informational Content

Lynn R. Maloney and Marianne E. Weiss
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Lynn R. Maloney: Marquette University College of Nursing, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Lynn.maloney@marquette.edu
Marianne E. Weiss: Marquette University College of Nursing, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Clinical Nursing Research, 2008, vol. 17, issue 3, 200-219

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.

Keywords: discharge teaching; patient education; patient perception; quality (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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DOI: 10.1177/1054773808320406

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