What is the clinical evidence from this study?

Study design: Cross-Sectional. Population: Hospitalised patients with heart failure. Primary outcome: Mean total Readiness for Hospital Discharge Scale (RHDS) score (Significant association with history of hospitalisation for heart failure (p = 0.037), p=0.037).

March 9, 2026Open Access

Corrigendum to “Pre-discharge readiness of hospitalised patients with heart failure and associated factors: A cross-sectional study” Heart and Lung -The Journal of Acute and Critical Care Volume 78, 102722, July-August 2026

Key Result

History of hospitalisation for heart failure was significantly associated with readiness for hospital discharge (p = 0.037) in hospitalised patients with heart failure.

Study Design

Type

Cross-Sectional

Structured PICO

Population

Hospitalised patients with heart failure

Outcome

Pre-discharge readiness (mean total RHDS score)patient reported

This corrigendum corrects statistical reporting errors in a cross-sectional study evaluating factors associated with pre-discharge readiness in heart failure patients.

Main Result

Effect estimate: Significant association with history of hospitalisation for heart failure (p = 0.037)

p-value: p=0.037

Limitations

Errors in description of results in original table corrected.
Reference citation error corrected in Limitations section.

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Nozawa et al. (Fri,) conducted a cross-sectional in Hospitalised patients with heart failure. History of hospitalisation for heart failure was significantly associated with readiness for hospital discharge (p = 0.037) in hospitalised patients with heart failure.

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