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Peer-reviewedCC BY-NC 4.0Patient preference and adherence

Discharge Readiness After Ophthalmic Day Surgery: A Patient-Centered Perspective on Nursing Assessment, Self-Management, and Adherence

  • Liya Xu1
  • Qihong Sun1
  • Lixin Chen1
  • Binbin Hu1
  • Min Yang1
  • Liujun Sun1
  • Min Hong1
  1. 1Center for Rehabilitation Medicine, Department of Ophthalmology, Zhejiang Provincial People’s Hospital (Affiliated People’s Hospital, Hangzhou Medical College), Hangzhou, Zhejiang, People’s Republic of China
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Abstract

Medical eligibility for discharge after ophthalmic day surgery does not establish whether patients can manage recovery at home. This conceptual Perspective uses Transition Theory to examine how nursing assessment can connect discharge preparation with practical self-management tasks. The pathway adapts established discharge-preparation and transitional-care principles by specifying ophthalmic tasks to verify, incorporating patient preferences into feasible support arrangements, and linking unresolved deficits to reassessment and follow-up. Relevant tasks include eye-drop administration, understanding changes to treatment, recognising warning symptoms, and carrying out prescribed positioning or restrictions. Direct readiness evidence remains predominantly cataract-based, with additional observational evidence from vitreoretinal day surgery; glaucoma and corneal studies provide adjacent evidence on postoperative care and adherence. Patient-reported readiness, observed skill, medication use, positioning adherence, follow-up attendance, and patient experience should be assessed as distinct outcomes. The framework specifies how these established principles can inform procedure-specific nursing assessment and transition support.

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@article{xu2026discharge,
  title = {{Discharge Readiness After Ophthalmic Day Surgery: A Patient-Centered Perspective on Nursing Assessment, Self-Management, and Adherence}},
  author = {Liya Xu and Qihong Sun and Lixin Chen and Binbin Hu and Min Yang and Liujun Sun and Min Hong},
  journal = {Patient preference and adherence},
  year = {2026},
  month = nov,
  doi = {10.2147/ppa.s657624},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.2147/ppa.s657624},
  note = {CC BY-NC 4.0},
}
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TY  - JOUR
TI  - Discharge Readiness After Ophthalmic Day Surgery: A Patient-Centered Perspective on Nursing Assessment, Self-Management, and Adherence
AU  - Liya Xu
AU  - Qihong Sun
AU  - Lixin Chen
AU  - Binbin Hu
AU  - Min Yang
AU  - Liujun Sun
AU  - Min Hong
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/11/05
JO  - Patient preference and adherence
DO  - 10.2147/ppa.s657624
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2147/ppa.s657624
AB  - Medical eligibility for discharge after ophthalmic day surgery does not establish whether patients can manage recovery at home. This conceptual Perspective uses Transition Theory to examine how nursing assessment can connect discharge preparation with practical self-management tasks. The pathway adapts established discharge-preparation and transitional-care principles by specifying ophthalmic tasks to verify, incorporating patient preferences into feasible support arrangements, and linking unresolved deficits to reassessment and follow-up. Relevant tasks include eye-drop administration, understanding changes to treatment, recognising warning symptoms, and carrying out prescribed positioning or restrictions. Direct readiness evidence remains predominantly cataract-based, with additional observational evidence from vitreoretinal day surgery; glaucoma and corneal studies provide adjacent evidence on postoperative care and adherence. Patient-reported readiness, observed skill, medication use, positioning adherence, follow-up attendance, and patient experience should be assessed as distinct outcomes. The framework specifies how these established principles can inform procedure-specific nursing assessment and transition support.
SN  - 1177-889X
ER  -