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. 2015 May 6;5(5):e007553. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-007553

Table 5.

Helpfulness of the Youth KIT and the mentor in domains of self-management (n=36)

  Pretransfer paediatric visit Post-transfer adult visits
Visit 2 Visit 3 Visit 4
n=26* n=30† n=26‡
Developing supportive and respectful relationships with healthcare workers
 KIT 2.7 (2.6) 2.1 (2.3)§ 1.9 (2.3)
 Mentor 2.2 (2.6) 2.2 (2.7) 0.8 (1.7)
Sharing information and communicating about your healthcare
 KIT 3.1 (2.5) 2.4 (2.5) 2.5 (2.6)
 Mentor 2.9 (2.8) 1.9 (2.5)§ 0.8 (1.8)
Taking charge of your own healthcare
 KIT 3.5 (2.5) 2.5 (2.5) 2.8 (2.4)
 Mentor 2.8 (2.7) 1.9 (2.5) 0.9 (1.8)
Setting and working towards your own goals
 KIT 4.2 (2.3) 2.9 (2.8) 2.9 (2.4)
 Mentor 3.5 (2.8) 2.4 (2.8)§ 1.3 (2.0)

Mean (SD) for 7-point Likert scale: 0=not applicable/didn't use it; 1=not at all; 7=very great extent.

Including “0=not applicable/didn't use it” responses: *13–40%, †42–52%, ‡25–71% chose 0 response.

§The intervention users had higher ratings than non-users (p≤0.05); users of the Youth KIT are defined as those who reported reading or using the medical and health information section at least once; users of the online mentor are defined as those who interacted with the mentor at least once.