Research Article
[Retracted] Readiness for Hospital Discharge and Its Correlation with the Quality of Discharge Teaching among the Parents of Premature Infants in NICU
Table 2
Perception level of premature infants’ parents towards the readiness for discharge from the hospital (
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| Readiness scale of parents for discharge from hospital | Items | | Level |
| Knowledge subscale | 9 | | Low | Taking care of the child | | | | Child’s personal needs | | | | Child’s growth and development needs | | | | Medical needs | | | | Things to pay attention to after going home | | | | Who and when to call for assistance | | | | What can the child do after returning home | | | | Follow-up treatment | | | | Community medical service | | | | Physical-emotional status subscale | 7 | | High | Child’s physical readiness | | | | Parent’s strength | | | | Child’s strength | | | | Mental state of the parents | | | | Mental state of the child | | | | Parent’s emotionally ready | | | | Parent’s physical fitness | | | | Expected support subscale | 4 | | High | Emotional support | | | | Child care support | | | | Household activity support | | | | Medical care or resources support | | | | Pain status subscale | 2 | | Very high | Parent’s pain | | | | Child’s pain | | | | Total scale | 22 | | High |
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