From: Validation of the care transition measure in multi-ethnic South-East Asia in Singapore
CTM item | English CTM on 5-point response scale | English CTM on 3-point response scale | Chinese CTM on 5-point response scale | Chinese CTM on 3-point response scale | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD |
1. Agreed health goals and means | 62.0 | 29.5 | 66.2 | 47.0 | 57.3 | 29.3 | 61.8 | 47.8 |
2. Preferences deciding health needs* | 68.1 | 25.5 | 79.0 | 38.5 | 61.7 | 26.7 | 70.6 | 43.8 |
3. Preferences deciding where needs met | 69.9 | 23.9 | 82.6 | 35.8 | 64.7 | 25.2 | 75.8 | 40.4 |
4. Had information needed for self-care | 67.5 | 27.4 | 75.7 | 42.4 | 66.1 | 27.2 | 73.9 | 43.7 |
5. Understand how to manage health | 73.4 | 24.3 | 84.7 | 35.1 | 68.8 | 24.9 | 78.8 | 40.6 |
6. Understand signs and symptoms | 53.5 | 29.9 | 51.6 | 48.7 | 49.5 | 29.3 | 45.2 | 48.5 |
7. Understand medications’ purpose | 77.4 | 19.0 | 91.8 | 24.5 | 76.1 | 19.6 | 90.9 | 26.6 |
8. Understand how to take medications | 79.5 | 17.0 | 94.2 | 19.7 | 78.0 | 17.2 | 93.6 | 21.5 |
9. Understand medications’ side effects* | 45.2 | 26.3 | 38.6 | 44.9 | 47.4 | 28.6 | 42.4 | 47.4 |
10. Had written list appointments and lists | 71.0 | 16.7 | 88.3 | 28.5 | 73.6 | 17.5 | 91.8 | 26.6 |
11. Had written care plan | 37.0 | 23.1 | 24.9 | 41.7 | 38.8 | 25.8 | 28.2 | 43.2 |
12. Understand what makes better or worse | 67.0 | 27.6 | 76.2 | 42.0 | 59.1 | 27.5 | 65.2 | 47.0 |
13. Understand care responsibilities * | 72.5 | 24.8 | 83.7 | 36.4 | 67.4 | 23.8 | 80.0 | 39.7 |
14. Confident knew how to manage | 74.1 | 20.8 | 88.4 | 29.9 | 70.6 | 19.5 | 86.1 | 32.5 |
15. Confident could do what needed | 72.6 | 22.5 | 85.9 | 32.4 | 68.0 | 22.4 | 81.5 | 36.7 |
CTM-15 total score | 66.0 | 14.7 | 74.1 | 19.8 | 63.1 | 15.4 | 71.1 | 22.9 |
CTM-3 total score | 61.9 | 17.7 | 67.1 | 25.6 | 58.8 | 18.1 | 64.3 | 29.3 |