Research Article
[Retracted] Factors of Parents-Reported Readiness for Hospital Discharge in Children with Acute Leukemia: A Cross-Sectional Study
Table 1
Characteristics of the patients with acute leukemia.
| | Characteristic | Low RHDS | High RHDS | P |
| | N | 38 | 84 | | | Child age (years) | 6.8 ± 4.2 | 5.7 ± 3.5 | 0.132 | | Child sex (%) | | | 0.476 | | Male | 20 (52.6) | 50 (59.5) | | | Female | 18 (47.4) | 34 (40.5) | | | Pediatric nutritional risk screening score | 2.2 ± 0.6 | 2.2 ± 0.6 | 0.147 | | Duration of AL | 8.3 ± 9.4 | 7.4 ± 8.3 | 0.264 | | Treatment stage (%) | | | 0.735 | | Early induction period | 14 (36.8) | 36 (42.9) | | | Consolidation period | 13 (34.2) | 22 (26.2) | | | Maintenance period | 11 (28.9) | 25 (29.8) | | | Recurrence of treatment | 0 (0.0) | 1 (1.2) | | | Number of chemotherapies | 7.8 ± 9.4 | 7.1 ± 8.4 | 0.452 | | AL classification (%) | | | 0.151 | | ALL | 35 (92.1) | 69 (82.1) | | | AML | 3 (7.9) | 15 (17.9) | | | LOS of hospital | 27.9 ± 24.2 | 21.7 ± 16.7 | 0.274 | | Parent/caregiver age (years) | 36.4 ± 5.0 | 34.7 ± 5.6 | 0.103 | | Parent marital status (%) | | | 0.001 | | Married | 28 (73.7) | 80 (95.2) | | | Single | 2 (5.3) | 0 (0.0) | | | Separated/divorced | 8 (21.1) | 4 (4.8) | | | Number of children (%) | | | 0.150 | | 1 child | 9 (23.7) | 31 (36.9) | | | ≥2 children | 29 (76.3) | 53 (63.1) | | | Parent education status (%) | | | 0.025 | | Primary school | 28 (73.7) | 40 (47.6) | | | High school | 5 (13.2) | 18 (21.4) | | | Above | 5 (13.2) | 26 (31.0) | | | Provider payments (%) | | | 0.025 | | Self-paying | 15 (39.5) | 17 (20.2) | | | Medicare payments | 23 (60.5) | 67 (79.8) | | | Parent employment status (%) | | 0.093 | | | Employed | 9 (23.7) | 33 (39.3) | | | Unemployed | 29 (76.3) | 51 (60.7) | | | Other co-caregivers (%) | | | 0.008 | | No | 10 (26.3) | 7 (8.3) | | | Yes | 28 (73.7) | 77 (91.7) | | | Number of caregivers | 1.0 ± 0.9 | 1.6 ± 1.0 | 0.002 | | Monthly income (yuan) | | | 0.049 | | <5000 | 35 (92.1) | 64 (76.1) | | | ≥5000 | 3 (7.9) | 20 (23.8) | | | QDTS | 6.2 ± 0.9 | 8.1 ± 0.6 | 0.018 |
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Abbreviations: ALL : Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia; AML : Acute Myelocytic Leukemia; RHDS : Readiness for Hospital Discharge Scale; and QDTS : Quality of Discharge Teaching Scale.
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