ปัจจัยที่มีผลต่อความพร้อมในการจำหน่ายจากโรงพยาบาลของผู้ปกครองทารกเกิดก่อนกำหนด โรงพยาบาลมหาราชนครเชียงใหม่ Predicting Factors of Readiness for Hospital Discharge among Parents of Premature Infants in Maharaj Nakorn Chiang Mai Hospital

Abstract

Readiness for hospital discharge among the parents of premature infants is the important indicator of successful transition from hospital to home care and recovery. This correlational predictive study aimed to examine factors predicting perceived readiness for hospital discharge among premature infants’ parents in Maharaj Nakorn Chiang Mai hospital. The sample comprised of 157 parents of premature infants hospitalized at neonatal units in Maharaj Nakorn Chiang Mai hospital during October 2014 to June 2016. Research instruments included demographic questionnaire, the Readiness for Hospital Discharge Scale, the Quality of Discharge Teaching Scale, and the Continuity of Care Questionnaire. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, Pearson’s product moment correlation, Spearman rank correlation, and Eta coefficient and stepwise multiple regression.

Fidings revealed that family incomes, quality of discharge teaching, and care coordination were found to have statistically significant positive relationships with readiness for hospital discharge in the parents of premature infants (r_s =.19, p<.05; r =.58, p<.001; r =.51, p<.001, respectively). Factors that were found to have an influence on readiness for hospital discharge among parents of premature infants were quality of discharge teaching and care coordination (β = .46, p<.001; β = .20, p<.05, respectively). These predictors accounted for 36.4% of the variance in readiness for hospital discharge. Findings from this study provide baseline information about readiness for hospital discharge in parents of premature infants that can be used to develop discharge planning for hospitalized preterm infants in Maharaj Nakorn Chiang Mai Hospital.