Perceptions of discharge readiness among primiparas based on the King's theory of goal attainment: a qualitative study.
Hangcheng Liu, Hong Jiang, Miao Li and 1 others
PMID 41396361WHAT IT FOUND
First-time mothers going home after birth wanted support for recovery and baby care.
Many felt unprepared and excluded from discharge decisions. They valued family help and asked for interactive assessment and ongoing guidance.
Key findings
01First-time mothers described both eagerness to return home and worries about recovery and caring for the newborn.
02Participants reported weak self-care knowledge and insufficient infant-care skills, and asked for professional guidance on postpartum recovery and newborn care.
03Some participants said no one had assessed whether they had mastered skills, and they wanted to participate in discharge decisions.
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What it does not show
Findings come from 18 married primiparas in one Chinese hospital, so they may not apply to other settings or to mothers and newborns with complications, who were excluded. Participants were interviewed within 24 hours before discharge, so their perceptions may reflect immediate pre-discharge state rather than later post-discharge experience. Two of 20 recruited withdrew, and the study is qualitative, so it cannot show whether any intervention improves discharge readiness.
Declared interests
The study was funded by the Center for Health Humanities Research (Philosophy and Social Sciences Key Research Base of Zigong City), project number JKRWY24-17. No competing interests are stated in the supplied text.
The easy way to misread this
Do not read these themes as proof that discharge readiness is inadequate or that a specific intervention works. The study describes what 18 mothers said in one hospital, and it did not measure clinical outcomes.