Quality of Discharge Teaching among Intergenerational Discharged Patients in a Medical-Surgical Ward of a Government Hospital

Abstract

Discharge instructions play a significant function in patient care. It planned at the time the patient is admitted. They assist patients in comprehending the state of their condition and the treatment provided. Additionally, they include a treatment and follow-up plan, as well as justifications for returning to the hospital. This quantitative research utilized the descriptive, comparative (non-causal) design in assessing the significant difference in the quality of discharge teaching and the significant difference in the content needed and content received of the different generations of 212 discharged patients in the Medical-Surgical Ward of a government hospital in the 3rd quarter of 2021. Findings of the study revealed that the quality of the content of the discharge teaching was high with the Baby Boomers as the highest and the Generation X as lowest. The quality of content needed and received in the discharge teaching were high with the Generation X as lowest and the Baby Boomers as highest. The quality of the delivery of the discharge teaching was high with the Generation X as lowest and the Baby Boomers as highest. Overall, the four generations suggested that in the delivery of the discharge teaching be done through a combination of face-to-face and use of printout. There was a significant difference in the quality of discharge teaching in terms of content needed, content received, and delivery between Baby Boomers and Generation X. The Baby Boomers perceived the quality higher over the Generation X. There was no significant difference between the content needed and content received. The Baby Boomers differ in their perceptions with the Generation X in terms of the content needed, content received, and the delivery of the discharge teaching. Lastly, the quality of the content is significantly correlated with the quality of delivery of discharge teaching. It is important for the nursing service to guarantee quality discharge teaching taking into the generational classification of patients and a way of doing so, a generational discharge teaching enhancement plan is proposed.