Jingying Xie
Sichuan University, China
Title: The relationship between hospital discharge readiness and transition outcomes in total hip or knee arthroplasty patients
Biography
Biography: Jingying Xie
Abstract
Objective To investigate the hospital discharge readiness and transition outcomes in total hip/knee arthroplasty patients, and to analyze the relationship between the two.
Methods Use the convenience sampling method to select patients with total hip arthroplasty (THA) or total knee arthroplasty (TKA) from January 2018 to July 2018 in a tertiary hospital in Sichuan Province. Use general information of patients, discharge preparation scale (RHDS) and Care Transition Measure (CTM-15) to investigate patients' hospital discharge readiness (2-4 hours before discharge) and transition outcomes (30 days after discharge).
Results A total of 352 patients were enrolled in this investigation, with an average age of (59.56±12.69) years old. The average RHDS score was (177.08±19.41), which was at a moderate level. The average quality of transition outcomes was (37.37±7.50), which was at a medium level. The RHDS score was positively correlated with the transition outcomes, and the RHDS score could explain 51.3% of the variation of transition outcomes.
Conclusion The patient's hospital discharge readiness is closely related to the transition outcomes and has a predictive effect on the transition outcome. It suggests that clinical medical staff should pay attention to the patient's hospital discharge readiness and improve the transition quality of patients after discharge so as to promote the improvement of patients' quality of life after discharge.
Key words: arthroplasty, discharge readiness, transition outcomes