Author(s)

Ruian Liu, Qiuying Xu

Corresponding Author

Qiuying Xu

Abstract

Aim to explore the patients-reported quality of discharge teaching in the anxiety disorders patients and the difference between patient-received knowledge and patient-needing knowledge. Design: A cross-sectional study. Method: Anxiety disorder inpatients (N=373) was invested by questionnaires about demographics, and quality of discharge teaching from June 2015 to January 2016. Results: We obtained the average total score of Quality for Discharge Teaching Scale (124.6132.93). Each content-needed item score was lower than relative content-received item score (P<0.01). Patients employed, at 35—49 years old, with per capita monthly income over 4000,or length of stay over 10 days got a significantly higher QTDS(P<0.05). Conclusion: Anxiety disorders patients didn’t own a good quality of discharge teaching in China. Nurse didn’t meet the discharge needs of patients enough, which indicated nurses should focus on patients’ needs. Age, work status, per monthly income and length of stay made a difference on QDTS patients reported.

Keywords

Quality of discharge teaching, anxiety disorders