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