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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Oncol.
Sec. Surgical Oncology
Volume 14 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fonc.2024.1324810

Status quo and influencing factors of readiness for hospital discharge in patients with brain tumours after surgery

Provisionally accepted
Yue-Hong Qin Yue-Hong Qin Xiao-Mei Shi Xiao-Mei Shi *
  • Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University, Shandong, China

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    Objective: This study aimed to investigate the status quo of readiness for hospital discharge in patients with brain tumours after surgery and to analyse its influencing factors. Method: A total of 300 patients with brain tumours who were admitted to the neurosurgery ward of our hospital between September 2020 and December 2022 were selected as the study participants using the convenient sampling method. The readiness for hospital discharge in patients with brain tumours after surgery was investigated using a general information questionnaire, the Readiness for Hospital Discharge Scale (RHDS), the Quality of Discharge Teaching Scale (QDTS), the University of Washington Quality of Life Questionnaire (UW-QOL) and the Social Support Rating Scale (SSRS), and its influencing facts were analysed. Results: The total RHDS score of patients with brain tumours was (155.02 ± 14.67), which was at a medium level. There was a positive correlation between readiness for hospital discharge in patients with brain tumours after surgery and the UW-QOL score (r = 0.459, p = 0.001), SSRS score (r = 0.322, p = 0.000) and QDTS score (r = 0.407, p = 0.001). The influencing factors of readiness for hospital discharge in patients with brain tumours included the contents obtained actually by patients (health guidance) before discharge (p = 0.001), discharge teaching skills (p = 0.001), age (p = 0.006), swallowing status (p = 0.021), education level (p = 0.016) and objective supports (p = 0.022). Conclusion: The readiness for hospital discharge in patients with brain tumours is at a medium level. Medical staff should give inpatients more targeted knowledge and implement personalised health education according to the patient's age, education level, swallowing status and objective support to improve the patient's readiness for hospital discharge.

    Keywords: brain tumours, readiness for discharge, Current situation, Discharge preparation measurement table, Discharge Guidance Quality Scale

    Received: 24 Oct 2023; Accepted: 08 Aug 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Qin and Shi. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Xiao-Mei Shi, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University, Shandong, China

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