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Table 2 Means and standard deviations of CTM item and total scores measured on 5-point and 3 point response scales

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

  1. Note: item scores are coded as 0 = strongly disagree, 25 = disagree, 50 = neutral, 75 = agree, 100 = strongly agree for the 5-point scale and as 0 = strongly disagree or disagree, 50 = neutral, 100 = strongly agree or agree for the 3-point scale; * CTM-3 items.