Effect of hospital discharge plan for children with type 1 diabetes on discharge readiness, discharge education quality, and blood glucose control

Table 3 Comparison of hospital discharge readiness between the two groups of children and parents

Dimensions	Control group (mean ± SD) (n = 50)	Intervention group (mean ± SD) (n = 52)	t value	P value
Parent status	50.75 ± 10.82	56.47 ± 6.78	3.21	0.001b
Child status	50.04 ± 9.56	49.25 ± 6.82	1.09	0.277
Knowledge	54.13 ± 13.90	62.92 ± 14.61	3.11	0.002b
Coping ability	23.16 ± 4.72	25.23 ± 4.65	2.32	0.027a
Expected support	30.60 ± 6.81	31.47 ± 6.13	0.68	0.491
Total readiness score	208.68 ± 29.31	225.34 ± 32.47	2.71	0.007b

^aP < 0.05.

^bP < 0.01.