Assessing current status and exploring influencing factors and mechanisms of mothers’ discharge readiness for premature infants: A cross-sectional analysis using structural equation modeling

Mothers' discharge readiness for preterm infants was inadequate. Discharge teaching emerges as the most significant target intervention. In clinical practice, emphasis should be placed on guiding mothers of preterm infants with gestational ages <32 weeks. This can be achieved by integrating online study with bedside learning to enhance discharge teaching quality, thereby reducing anxiety levels, promoting mothers' discharge readiness for preterm infants, and facilitating a smooth transition to home care.