Management of Discharge Instructions for Children With Medical Complexity: A Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT:

Context

Children with medical complexity (CMC) are at risk for adverse outcomes after discharge. Difficulties with comprehension of and adherence to discharge instructions contribute to these errors. Comprehensive reviews of patient-, caregiver-, provider-, and system-level characteristics and interventions associated with discharge instruction comprehension and adherence for CMC are lacking.

Objective

To systematically review the literature related to factors associated with comprehension of and adherence to discharge instructions for CMC.

Data sources

PubMed/Medline, Embase, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, PsycInfo, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature, Web of Science (database initiation until March 2023), and OAIster (gray liter

SUBMITTER: Glick AF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10598634 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature