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Factors Influencing Parents' Readiness for Hospital Discharge in Children Under Five with Severe Pneumonia

Factors Influencing Parents' Readiness for Hospital Discharge in Children Under Five with Severe Pneumonia

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
ChiCTR
Registry ID
ChiCTR2500115306
Enrollment
Unknown
Registered
2025-12-24
Start date
2026-01-01
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2026-01-05

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Conditions

Community-acquired severe pneumonia

Interventions

Observation group:None

Sponsors

The Second Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1.Parents is 18 years old or older; 2. Parents are the primary caregivers for the child patients, meeting one of the following conditions: During hospitalization in general wards: Parents provide at least 48 hours of care during the current hospitalization; When transferred from PICU to general ward: Parents participated in more than 80% of all permitted visiting hours during the PICU stay, and provided companionship time >= 80% of the general ward hospitalization time after transfer; For patients hospitalized only in the PICU: Parents participated in more than 80% of all permitted visiting hours, and will assume primary caregiving responsibilities after discharge; 3. Parents have the ability to read and communicate in Chinese; 4. Have children under five years old diagnosed with severe community-acquired pneumonia and hospitalized for at least 48 hours.4. Have children under five years old diagnosed with severe community-acquired pneumonia and hospitalized for at least 48 hours.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Parents has been diagnosed with severe physical or mental illness that affects the completion of the questionnaire; 2. Parents has hearing, vision, or cognitive disabilities that prevent independent communication; 3. The child has severe congenital heart disease, neuromuscular disease, immune deficiency, or chronic lung disease; 4.Cases of transfer to another hospital, automatic discharge and other unplanned discharges.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Parent Readiness for Hospital Discharge score(C?RHDS?Parent Form );

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Parental educational attainment(highest formal education of parents);Parenting stress(Chinese Parenting Stress Index/Short Form, C?PSI/SF);Family support(family subscale of Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support, SPSS);Family monthly income(self?reported household income);Severity of child’s illness(Pediatric Risk of Mortality Score III, PRISM III);Quality of discharge teaching(Chinese Quality of Discharge Teaching Scale, C?QDTS);Parental self-efficacy(Chinese General Self?Efficacy Scale, C?GSES);

Countries

China

Contacts

Public ContactShuanghong Zhang

The Second Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University

zshsandy@163.com+86 577 88002715

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ChiCTR (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026