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Table 2 Social outcome and patient satisfaction

From: Health-related quality of life, continuity of care and patient satisfaction: long-term outcomes of former patients of the Tuebingen Transition Program (TTP) – a retrospective cohort study

a) Satisfaction with …

Mean score (SD)

Missing n (%)

>  7

n (%)

≤ 7 - ≥ 5

n (%)

<  5

n (%)

n

Components of care before transfer (TTP)

 Paediatric care in general

8.42 (1.68)

1 (1.2)

71 (83.5)

11 (12.9)

2 (2.4)

85

 Preparation for transfer

6.78 (3.02)

5 (5.9)

48 (56.5)

17 (20.0)

15 (17.6)

85

 TTP in general

7.90 (2.55)

4 (4.7)

62 (72.9)

10 (11.8)

9 (10.6)

85

 How alcohol, nicotine and drugs were addressed

6.29 (2.91)

1 (2.9)

13 (37.1)

12 (34.3)

9 (25.7)

35a

 How sexuality, contraception and family planning were addressed

5.38 (2.85)

1 (2.9)

8 (22.8)

17 (48.6)

9 (25.7)

35a

 How participants’ individual questions were addressed

9.03 (1.20)

0 (0.0)

30 (85.7)

5 (14.3)

0 (0.0)

35a

 How participants were involved in decision-making

8.17 (1.89)

0 (0.0)

24 (68.6)

10 (28.6)

1 (2.8)

35a

 Knowledge about one’s disease

8.51 (1.85)

0 (0.0)

27 (77.1)

6 (17.2)

2 (5.7)

35a

 Knowledge about one’s therapy and possible side-effects

7.97 (2.07)

0 (0.0)

23 (65.7)

9 (25.7)

3 (8.6)

35a

 One’s self-management skills

8.46 (2.12)

0 (0.0)

29 (82.9)

4 (11.4)

2 (5.7)

35a

Components of care after transfer

 Adult care in general

7.65 (2.22)

0 (0.0)

44 (67.7)

13 (20.0)

8 (12.3)

65

 Waiting time for an appointment

7.58 (2.37)

0 (0.0)

43 (66.2)

12 (18.5)

10 (15.4)

65

 Waiting time at the appointment

7.11 (2.50)

0 (0.0)

41 (63.1)

13 (20.0)

11 (16.9)

65

 Interaction with doctors

7.45 (2.63)

0 (0.0)

41 (63.1)

12 (18.5)

12 (18.5)

65

 Prescription of further therapeutic options

7.75 (3.09)

6 (9.2)

43 (66.2)

8 (12.3)

8 (12.3)

65

b) Effect of …

 

Missing

n (%)

Negative

n (%)

No effect

n (%)

Positive

n (%)

n

the COVID-19 pandemic on the current life situation, n (%)

 

2 (2.4)

46 (54.0)

27 (31.8)

10 (11.8)

85

the disease on personal relationships, n (%)

 

3 (3.5)

22 (25.9)

54 (63.5)

6 (7.1)

85

c) Questions

 

Missing

n (%)

No

n (%)

Yes

n (%)

 

n

“Did your disease affect leisure activities at all?”

 

5 (5.9)

67 (78.8)

13 (15.3)

 

85

“Did you receive support in managing your condition from within your social environment?”

 

8 (9.4)

26 (30.6)

51 (60.0)

 

85

“Did you have enough time to ask all the questions that were important to you individually, during the first two visits in adult care?”

 

0 (0.0)

9 (13.8)

56 (86.2)

 

65

“Did you receive sufficient and intelligible answers?”

 

0 (0.0)

10 (15.4)

55 (84.6)

 

65

“Did you feel like you were taken seriously?”

 

0 (0.0)

10 (15.4)

55 (84.6)

 

65

“Were you involved adequately in decisions concerning your individual treatment?”

 

0 (0.0)

9 (13.8)

56 (86.2)

 

65

  1. Legend: Patient satisfaction was measured on a 10 cm visual analogue scale (VAS) and differentiated in 3 groups (VAS > 7; VAS ≤ 7 - ≥ 5; VAS > 5). Totals vary due to some participants who never transferred to adult care and therefore did not answer the questions about the components of care after transfer
  2. aThese more detailed questions were only assessed by those participants who agreed to take an additional telephone survey, which contained more specific questions about general patient satisfaction