What Is Essential for Older People With Multi-Morbidity During Discharge Planning? A Qualitative Study

IF 2.2 4区医学 Q4 GERIATRICS & GERONTOLOGY

International Journal of Older People Nursing Pub Date : 2026-02-08 DOI:10.1111/opn.70065

Sara Shamim, Mette Geil Kollerup, Gitte Bunkenborg, Connie Berthelsen

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Abstract

Background

For older people with multi-morbidity, discharge planning is crucial to manage their healthcare needs at home. Knowledge of their perspectives is important so that their essential needs are included during discharge planning. This study aimed to understand what is essential for them during discharge planning in two medical hospital departments.

Methods

We used a hermeneutic approach grounded in Gadamerian philosophy and conducted 15 semi-structured interviews in two medical departments. We audio-recorded, transcribed and analysed the interviews using reflexive thematic analysis.

Results

Two themes were identified: practical discharge preparation and personal discharge preparation.

Conclusion

It is essential for older people to get health-related information and personal contact with healthcare professionals. However, limited contact with healthcare professionals and practical preparation hindered the fulfilment of these needs. Future discharge initiatives must find ways to better accommodate the personal needs of older people and also fit into the healthcare environment of medical departments.

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多病老年人在出院计划中应注意什么？定性研究。

背景：对于患有多种疾病的老年人，出院计划对于管理他们在家中的医疗保健需求至关重要。了解他们的观点是很重要的，这样他们的基本需求就会被纳入出院计划中。本研究旨在了解他们在两个医疗医院部门的出院计划中需要什么。方法：我们采用以伽达美尔哲学为基础的解释学方法，在两个医学部门进行了15次半结构化访谈。我们使用反身性专题分析对访谈进行录音、转录和分析。结果：确定了两个主题：实际出院准备和个人出院准备。结论：老年人获得与健康相关的信息并与卫生保健专业人员进行个人接触是必要的。然而，与保健专业人员的接触有限和实际准备阻碍了这些需求的满足。未来的出院措施必须设法更好地照顾老年人的个人需要，并适应医疗部门的医疗环境。

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International Journal of Older People Nursing Nursing-Gerontology

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3.60

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9.10%

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期刊介绍： International Journal of Older People Nursing welcomes scholarly papers on all aspects of older people nursing including research, practice, education, management, and policy. We publish manuscripts that further scholarly inquiry and improve practice through innovation and creativity in all aspects of gerontological nursing. We encourage submission of integrative and systematic reviews; original quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods research; secondary analyses of existing data; historical works; theoretical and conceptual analyses; evidence based practice projects and other practice improvement reports; and policy analyses. All submissions must reflect consideration of IJOPN''s international readership and include explicit perspective on gerontological nursing. We particularly welcome submissions from regions of the world underrepresented in the gerontological nursing literature and from settings and situations not typically addressed in that literature. Editorial perspectives are published in each issue. Editorial perspectives are submitted by invitation only.