en پژوهشی اصيل Original Research <span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:normal"><span sans-serif="" style="font-family:Calibri,"><a name="_Hlk106847325"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span cambria="" style="font-family:"><span style="color:#1f497d">Aims:</span></span></span></b></a><b> </b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span cambria="" style="font-family:">Children and adolescents are more exposed to trauma due to their physiological conditions and growth processes. After the discharge, the complications caused by trauma affect the quality of life of children and adolescents or their families. Therefore, the present study aimed to determine the effect of using the IDEAL discharge planning on the quality of life of children and adolescents with trauma.</span></span></span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:normal"><span sans-serif="" style="font-family:Calibri,"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span cambria="" style="font-family:"><span style="color:#1f497d">Materials & Methods:</span></span></span></b><b> </b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span cambria="" style="font-family:">In this quasi-experimental study, 150 traumatized children and adolescents aged 8 to 16 years admitted to the trauma department of Golestan Hospital, Ahvaz, Iran, in 2023 were selected by available sampling method and divided into two groups of 75 people (intervention and control).</span></span> <span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span cambria="" style="font-family:">For patients in the intervention group, training on the IDEAL discharge model was implemented, and control group received routine training. Varni <i>et al</i>.&#39;s Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory Generic Core Scale, version 4, was used to collect data. Data were analyzed using SPSS 25 software through independent t-test, paired t-test, and Chi-square test.</span></span></span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:normal"><span sans-serif="" style="font-family:Calibri,"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span cambria="" style="font-family:"><span style="color:#1f497d">Findings:</span></span></span></b><a name="_Hlk106847350"><b> </b></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span cambria="" style="font-family:">After the intervention, the mean quality of life score in the intervention group showed a significant improvement compared to the control group (p<0.01). In the intra-group comparison, in each of the intervention and control groups, the average quality of life score after the intervention showed a significant increase compared to before the intervention (p=0.001), but this increase was higher in the intervention group than in the control group.</span></span><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif""></span></span></b></span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:normal"><span sans-serif="" style="font-family:Calibri,"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span cambria="" style="font-family:"><span style="color:#1f497d">Conclusion:</span></span></span></b> <span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span cambria="" style="font-family:">The IDEAL discharge planning method increases and improves the quality of life in children and adolescents with trauma</span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span cambria="" style="font-family:">.</span></span></span></span></span><br> &nbsp; Trauma,Children,Adolescents,Quality of Life,Discharge Planning, 135 141 http://jccs.yums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-45-6&slc_lang=en&sid=1 F. Ebadat 10031947532846005744 10031947532846005744 No Department of Pediatric Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Yasuj University of Medical Sciences, Yasuj, Iran M. Salari salari.m.upm.edu@gmail.com 10031947532846005745 10031947532846005745 Yes Department of Pediatric Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Yasuj University of Medical Sciences, Yasuj, Iran S.J. Sadat 10031947532846005746 10031947532846005746 No Department of Pediatric Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Yasuj University of Medical Sciences, Yasuj, Iran S. Mohammad Hoseini 10031947532846005747 10031947532846005747 No Department of Internal Surgery, Faculty of Nursing, Yasuj University of Medical Sciences, Yasuj, Iran A. Vafagh Nematolahi 10031947532846005748 10031947532846005748 No Department of Emergency Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran M. Malekzadeh 10031947532846005749 10031947532846005749 No Department of Anesthesia and Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, Yasuj University of Medical Sciences, Yasuj, Iran