Key result
Elderly multimorbid patients face support, information, and continuous care gaps during the hospital-to-home transition.
Why the study?
This study was conducted to explore the challenges and service needs faced by elderly patients with comorbidities during the hospital discharge transition period.
Elderly patients with comorbidities face significant support system dilemmas and guidance needs during the discharge transition, highlighting the necessity for multidisciplinary transitional care teams and tailored discharge plans.
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Underscores discharge support gaps in comorbid elderly; leaves open optimal transitional care strategies.
Purpose: This study aims to explore the challenges and service needs faced by elderly patients with comorbidities during the transition from hospital discharge, and the study is proposing a way forward for transitioning the elderly patients with multimorbidity. Patients and Methods: A purposive sampling approach was employed to select 12 elderly patients with comorbidities from the geriatric departments of two tertiary hospitals in the Xinjiang region between November 2024 and March 2025. A phenomenological research design was utilized to conduct semi-structured interviews with participants. Data were analyzed using the seven-step Colaizzi method for phenomenological analysis, supported by Nvivo 15.0 software. Results: Three main themes and twelve subthemes were identified: (1) Support System Dilemma, (2) Guidance Needs for Discharge Information, (3) Demand for Continuous Services and Safeguards in Medical Institutions. Conclusion: Elderly patients with comorbidities experience multiple challenges and unmet needs during the discharge transition period. Clinically, it is essential to establish a multidisciplinary transitional care team, conduct comprehensive pre-discharge assessments, enhance system support and polypharmacy management, develop tailored discharge guidance plans to improve the quality of life during the post-discharge transition period.
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Wu et al. (2025) studied Comorbidities in elderly patients (n=12). Hospital discharge transition was evaluated on Challenges and service needs during discharge transition. Elderly patients with comorbidities face three main challenges during the hospital-to-home transition: support system dilemmas, guidance needs for discharge information, and demand for continuous medical services.
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