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Table 1 Bottlenecks in transitional care perceived by professionals (n = 72)

From: Reducing bottlenecks: professionals’ and adolescents’ experiences with transitional care delivery

 

Mean (SD) at T0

Mean (SD) at T1

Change (T0 – T1) (SD)

p

No joint mission between paediatric and adult care

3.4 (1.0)

1.8 (0.6)

1.6 (0.9)

<0.001

Parents have trouble ceding control to adolescents

3.1 (0.7)

2.6 (0.6)

0.5 (0.7)

<0.001

Lack of coordination between paediatric and adult care

3.0 (0.8)

1.8 (0.4)

1.2 (0.8)

<0.001

Adolescents take too little responsibility for self-care

2.9 (0.7)

2.5 (0.5)

0.4 (0.6)

<0.001

Lack of resources for joint care services

2.7 (0.9)

1.8 (0.6)

0.9 (1.0)

<0.001

Psychosocial problems of adolescents

2.7 (0.5)

2.5 (0.5)

0.2 (0.5)

0.027

Non-compliance of adolescents with therapy

2.7 (0.7)

2.4 (0.5)

0.3 (0.6)

<0.001

Social participation of adolescents

2.3 (0.6)

2.2 (0.6)

0.2 (0.5)

0.005

  1. SD, standard deviation; T0, beginning of ‘On Your Own Feet Ahead!’ quality improvement programme; T1, one year later. Only data from respondents who completed the questionnaire at both T0 and T1 were included in the analyses.