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Table 2 Descriptive statistics of the German MHCCS-P

From: Measuring care coordination in German primary care – adaptation and psychometric properties of the Medical Home Care Coordination Survey

Item

Original domain

N

Mean

SD

Variance

Skewness

Kurtosis

Item difficulty in %

Corrected item-total correlation*

My primary care team asks for my ideas when we make a plan for my care.

Plan of Care

54

1.76

0.989

0.979

1.360

1.444

19.00

0.580

My primary care team follows through with the care plan it creates with me.

57

1.32

0.540

0.291

1.500

1.414

8.00

0.549

My primary care team helps me to plan ahead so I can take care of my health even when things change or unexpected things happen.

59

1.29

0.696

0.485

3.349

13.914

7.25

0.341

Someone from the primary care team helps me set goals for taking care of my health.

51

1.71

0.944

0.892

1.524

2.312

17.75

0.424

Someone in my primary care team asks me about what I need for support, e.g. with home care, equipment or transportation.

Link to Community Resources

97

1.94

1.337

1.788

1.156

< 0.001

23.50

0.860

Someone in my primary care team gives me information about services offered at their practice or in my community, e.g. counselling centres, support groups and rehabilitation programmes.

140

1.83

1.217

1.481

1.355

0.697

20.75

0.933

Someone in my primary care team encourages me to attend programs in my community that could help me, e.g. support or sports groups.

154

2.08

1.331

1.772

0.934

−0.430

27.00

0.813

I get the results of my lab tests in a timely manner.

Communication

254

1.34

0.746

0.557

2.867

9.348

8.50

0.691

Someone in my primary care team tells me all my test results, good and bad.

249

1.33

0.796

0.634

2.851

8.299

8.25

0.796

Someone in my primary care team helps me understand my test results, e.g. laboratory values or X-ray results.

251

1.40

0.805

0.649

2.395

5.871

10.00

0.625

After I leave the hospital, my primary care team knows about the care I received from the hospital.

Care Transitions

79

1.29

0.754

0.568

3.145

10.473

7.25

0.756

After I leave the hospital, my primary care team helps me to get back on my feet.

78

1.40

0.858

0.736

2.290

4.881

10.00

0.777

After I leave the hospital, my primary care team knows about new prescriptions or if there was a change in my medication.

78

1.23

0.643

0.414

3.057

9.134

5.75

0.626

  1. *observed within original domain