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 ().

Readiness scale of parents for discharge from hospitalItemsLevel

Knowledge subscale9Low
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 subscale7High
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 subscale4High
Emotional support
Child care support
Household activity support
Medical care or resources support
Pain status subscale2Very high
Parent’s pain
Child’s pain
Total scale22High