Health outcomes of mothers and infants following early hospital discharge

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Title Health outcomes of mothers and infants following early hospital discharge
Publication Type thesis
School or College College of Nursing
Department Nursing
Author Leopardi, Helen Grace
Date 1987-08
Description This study investigated the health outcomes of mothers and infants following early hospital discharge. Nineteen women who self-selected early discharge time within 24 hours of giving birth, 20 women who chose discharge times between 25 and 48 hours and 20 women who selected to leave the hospital after 48 hours of delivery participated in the study. At 2 weeks postpartum, the health status of mothers and infants was assessed and information regarding demographics, reasons for selecting the length of hospital stay and women's recall of health care teaching were gathered by questionnaire. Results showed a statistically significant decrease in the incidence of subjective maternal fatigue and fewer postpartum problems for mothers choosing an early discharge time compared with the later discharge group. Women who went home within 2 days of delivery did so because of inadequate medical insurance. Health care teaching and recall of instructions were similar in all groups.
Type Text
Publisher University of Utah
Subject Physiology; Demographs; Puerperium
Subject MESH Infant, Newborn; Patient Discharge; Obstetrical Nursing; Length of Stay; Outcome and Process Assessment (Health Care)
Dissertation Institution University of Utah
Dissertation Name MS
Language eng
Relation is Version of Digital reproduction of "Health outcomes of mothers and infants following early hospital discharge". Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library. Print version of "Health outcomes of mothers and infants following early hospital discharge". available at J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collection. RJ 25.5 1987 L46
Rights Management © Helen Grace Leopardi.
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Source Original: University of Utah Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library (no longer available).
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Setname ir_etd
ID 191696
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6930w20
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