Correlation between quality of discharge teaching, readiness for hospital discharge and health outcomes of hysterectomy patients: A structural equation model analysis

Abstract

Abstract Aim To explore the relationship between the quality of discharge teaching, readiness for hospital discharge and postdischarge health outcomes in hysterectomy patients. Design Cross‐sectional online survey. Methods A cross‐sectional survey design was used to investigate 331 hysterectomy patients in a hospital in Chengdu. The results were analysed using Spearman's correlation and structural equation model. Results Spearman's correlation analysis revealed moderate‐to‐strong correlations among the quality of discharge teaching, readiness for hospital discharge and postdischarge health outcomes. The total and direct effects of the quality of discharge teaching on patients' readiness for hospital discharge were both 0.70 and readiness for hospital discharge on patients' postdischarge health outcomes were both 0.49. The total, direct and indirect effects of the quality of discharge teaching on patients' postdischarge health outcomes were 0.58, 0.24 and 0.34, respectively. Readiness for hospital discharge mediated the interaction mechanism.

Keywords

• hysterectomy
• postdischarge health outcomes
• quality of discharged teaching
• readiness for hospital discharge
• structural equation model