Parental Management of Discharge Instructions: A Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT:

Context

Parents often manage complex instructions when their children are discharged from the inpatient setting or emergency department (ED); misunderstanding instructions can put children at risk for adverse outcomes. Parents' ability to manage discharge instructions has not been examined before in a systematic review.

Objective

To perform a systematic review of the literature related to parental management (knowledge and execution) of inpatient and ED discharge instructions.

Data sources

We consulted PubMed/Medline, Embase, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature, and Cochrane CENTRAL (from database inception to January 1, 2017).

Study selection

We selected experimental or observational studies in the inpatient or ED settings in which parenta

SUBMITTER: Glick AF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5527669 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature