Lupus & antiphospholipid syndrome
Needs for discharge planning and facilitators-barriers to implementing discharge plans for patients with SLE: A qualitative study
Authors' conclusion
Planning for the discharge of SLE patients is essential
Study context
- Population
- SLE patients and rheumatology and immunology healthcare professionals, tertiary-level hospital, Anhui Province, August–December 2023interviewed
- Participants
- 17 vs 13
- Comparison
- SLE vs Healthcare professionals
- SLEn = 17
- Healthcare professionalsn = 13
- Outcome
- Themes on discharge planning (five themes, sixteen sub-themes)
Methodological detailsdescriptive qualitative, purposeful sampling, in-person semi-structured in-depth interviews, thematic analysis, single-centre (tertiary-level hospital)
- Descriptive qualitative
- Purposeful sampling
- In-person semi-structured in-depth interviews
- Thematic analysis
- Single-centre (tertiary-level hospital)
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
- Needs of SLE patients for discharge planning
- Present state of discharge planning implementation
- Factors conducive to implementation of discharge planning
- Factors hindering implementation of discharge planning
- Recommendations for implementing discharge planning
- Five themes and sixteen sub-themes extracted
Original publication
Needs for discharge planning and facilitators-barriers to implementing discharge plans for patients with SLE: A qualitative study. Lupus. Published 21 September 2024. doi:10.
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