Journal article
Readiness for Hospital Discharge, Health Literacy, and Social Living Status
Clinical nursing research, Vol.25(5), pp.494-511
10/2016
DOI: 10.1177/1054773815624380
PMID: 26787745
Abstract
Patient characteristics and lack of preparedness are associated with poor outcomes after hospital discharge. Our purpose was to explore the association between patient characteristics and patient- and nurse-completed Readiness for Hospital Discharge Scale (RHDS). We conducted a prospective study of 70 Veterans being discharged from medical and surgical units. Differences in RHDS knowledge subscale scores were found among literacy levels, with lower perceived knowledge reported for those with marginal or inadequate literacy (p = .03). Differences in RHDS expected support subscale scores were also found, with those who were unmarried and/or living alone (p < .001) anticipating less support upon discharge. No other differences were found. Similar differences were found for the RHDS completed by nurses. These findings suggest that the RHDS appears responsive to differences in health literacy and social environment, adding to evidence of its utility as a tool to identify, and plan interventions for, those at risk for readmission.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Readiness for Hospital Discharge, Health Literacy, and Social Living Status
- Creators
- Andrea S Wallace - The University of Iowa, Iowa City, USA andrea-wallace@uiowa.eduYelena Perkhounkova - The University of Iowa, Iowa City, USANicole L Bohr - The University of Iowa, Iowa City, USASophia Jihey Chung - University of Ulsan, South Korea
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Clinical nursing research, Vol.25(5), pp.494-511
- DOI
- 10.1177/1054773815624380
- PMID
- 26787745
- ISSN
- 1054-7738
- eISSN
- 1552-3799
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 10/2016
- Academic Unit
- Nursing
- Record Identifier
- 9984083272102771
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