Table 1.

Readiness for hospital discharge scale

Evaluating standard	Scores	Items
Awareness	0	Sober
	1	Hypersomnia
	2	Lethargy
	3	Coma
Mobility	0	Completely autonomous activity
	1	Less than 50% of waking time is confined to the bed or chair
	2	More than 51% of waking time is confined to the bed or chair
	3	Unable to provide self-care, completely confined to the bed or chair
Urination	0	Normal
	1	Occasional incontinence (≤ 2 times)
	2	Incontinence (≥ 3 times/day)
	3	Indwelling urethral tube or cystostomy tube
Stool	0	Normal
	1	Occasional incontinence or auxiliary defecation (≤ 2 times)
	2	Incontinence (≥ 3 times/day)
	3	Artificial anus
Patient’s self-care/family’s caregiving ability	0	Having the ability to self-care
	1	Patients cannot self-care, family members can help complete
	2	Patients and their families lack some capacity to care but can seek resources
	3	Patients and their families lack the capacity to care for patients and seek resources
Diet	0	Normal
	1	Dysphagia, can be taken orally
	2	Dysphagia, can be feeding orally (IOE)
	3	Indwelling gastric tube, jejunal tube, gastrostomy