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Table 4 Items with high percent positive/top box scores and/or a high percentage of missing data (Patients [PT], T1 caregiver [T1], and T2 caregiver [T2] surveys)

From: Development and psychometric properties of surveys to assess patient and family caregiver experience with care transitions

Survey

Item #

 

% Top box/

% Positive

% Missing

Q11_A

Hospital: Written information in Spanish?

PT

81%

95%

  

T1

77%

98%

  

T2

83%

96%

Q14

Hospital: Reason because needed more care at home?

PT

71%

83%

  

T1

67%

77%

  

T2

65%

84%

Dropped

Home: Did not take medicine … Because forgot to take

PT

64%

87%

survey #

medicine? (DROPPED FROM FINAL SURVEYS)

T1

39%

94%

Q19_A

 

T2

59%

91%

Dropped

Home: Did not take medicine … Because could not afford?

PT

8%

88%

survey #

(DROPPED FROM FINAL SURVEYS)

T1

1%

94%

Q19_B

 

T2

4%

91%

Dropped

Home: Did not take medicine … Because of medicine side

PT

29%

88%

survey #

effects? (DROPPED FROM FINAL SURVEYS)

T1

28%

94%

Q19_C

 

T2

28%

91%

Dropped

Home: Did not take medicine … Because didn’t know

PT

6%

88%

survey #

how/when to take medicine? (DROPPED FROM FINAL

T1

8%

94%

Q19_D

SURVEYS)

T2

13%

91%

Q20

Home: How well been able to use supplies/equipment?a

PT

96%

37%

  

T1

93%

36%

  

T2

94%

25%

Q22

Home: How well been able to take care of wound/surgical

PT

94%

69%

 

site?a (DROPPED FROM FINAL CAREGIVER

T1

96%

78%

 

SURVEYS, BUT KEPT IN FINAL PATIENT SURVEY)

T2

96%

74%

Q32

Home: HC prof helped manage changes or unexpected

PT

59%

43%

 

problems?

T1

77%

69%

  

T2

72%

59%

  1. Notes: “Q” = the final patient survey item number when the item is on the patient survey only or both the patient and caregiver surveys; “CQ” = the final caregiver survey item number when the item is only on the caregiver surveys. The percent missing includes tailored inapplicable responses (e.g., “I already knew what to do”), valid skips (based on the filter questions), and other missing (not answered, didn’t know, or refused). HC healthcare; OTC over the counter; CG caregiver
  2. aPercent positive response, the two most positive responses, is shown for this item; all other items display top box scores