Accuracy of Parent Perception of Comprehension of Discharge Instructions: Role of Plan Complexity and Health Literacy.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Inpatient discharge education is often suboptimal. Measures of parents' perceived comprehension of discharge instructions are included in national metrics given linkage to morbidity; few studies compare parents' perceived and actual comprehension. We 1) compared parent perceived and actual comprehension of discharge instructions and 2) assessed associations between plan complexity and parent health literacy with overestimation of comprehension (perceive comprehension but lack actual comprehension).

Methods

Prospective cohort study of English/Spanish-speaking parents (n = 192) of inpatients ≤12 years old and discharged on ≥1 daily medication from an urban public hospital. We used McNemar's tests to compare parent perceived (agree/strongly agree on 5-point Likert sca

SUBMITTER: Glick AF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7200278 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May - Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature